About the Authors

Astha Malik

Contributed equally to this work with: Astha Malik, Michael E. Geusz

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Roman V. Kondratov

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Roudabeh J. Jamasbi

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Biology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Public and Allied Health, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Michael E. Geusz

Contributed equally to this work with: Astha Malik, Michael E. Geusz

mgeusz@bgsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM MEG RVK. Performed the experiments: AM MEG. Analyzed the data: AM MEG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM RVK RJJ MEG. Wrote the paper: AM RVK RJJ MEG.