About the Authors

Xin Yao

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Scott Jennings

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Shubha Kale Ireland

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Tri Pham

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Brandi Temple

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Mya Davis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Renwei Chen

Affiliations Center for Nanomedicine, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Ian Davenport

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Hector Biliran

hbiliran@xula.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB RC. Performed the experiments: SJ XY ID TP MD BT. Analyzed the data: HB TP SI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI RC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HB SI RC.