About the Authors

Zhi Zhong

zhong@musc.edu

Affiliations Department of Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Venkat K. Ramshesh

Affiliations Department of Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Hasibur Rehman

Current address: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Qinlong Liu

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Tom P. Theruvath

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Yasodha Krishnasamy

Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

John J. Lemasters

Affiliations Department of Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ JJL. Performed the experiments: ZZ VR HR QL TT YK. Analyzed the data: ZZ HR JJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ JJL. Wrote the paper: ZZ JJL.