About the Authors

Jennifer L. Chinnici

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Ci Fu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Lauren M. Caccamise

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jason W. Arnold

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Stephen J. Free

free@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLC CF LMC JWA SJF. Performed the experiments: JLC CF LMC JWA SJF. Analyzed the data: JLC CF LMC JWA SJF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLC CF LMC JWA SJF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JLC CF SJF.