About the Authors

Isioma I. Enwerem

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216–4505, United States of America

Guowei Wu

Current address: University of California San Diego, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, United States of America

Yi Tao Yu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, United States of America

Michael D. Hebert

mhebert@umc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216–4505, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IE GW YY MH. Performed the experiments: IE GW MH. Analyzed the data: IE GW YY MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IE GW YY MH. Wrote the paper: IE YY MH.