About the Authors

Radhika S. Ganu

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Yasuko Ishida

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Markos Koutmos

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States of America

Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, United States of America

Alfred L. Roca

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Timothy A. Garrow

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Lawrence B. Schook

schook@illinois.edu

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: ALR LBS MK RSG SOK TAG YI. Wrote the paper: ALR LBS RSG TAG YI.