About the Authors

Khaled N. Alsayegh

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States of America, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Venkat S. Gadepalli

Affiliation Integrated Life Sciences Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Shilpa Iyer

Affiliations Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Life Sciences Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Raj R. Rao

rrrao@vcu.edu

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States of America, Integrated Life Sciences Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Life Sciences Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA RRR. Performed the experiments: KA VSG. Analyzed the data: KA VSG SI RRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA SI RRR. Wrote the paper: KA SI RRR.