About the Authors

Dimitrios Angelis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eva Pauline Karasmanis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xiaobo Bai

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Elias T. Spiliotis

ets33@drexel.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA ETS. Performed the experiments: DA EPK XB. Analyzed the data: DA EPK XB ETS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA EPK XB ETS. Wrote the paper: DA EPK ETS.