About the Authors

Bhupendra Singh

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Xiurong Li

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Kjerstin M. Owens

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Ayyasamy Vanniarajan

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Ping Liang

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada

Keshav K. Singh

kksingh@uab.edu

Affiliations Departments of Genetics, Pathology, Environmental Health, Center for Free Radical Biology, Center for Aging and UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKS BS. Performed the experiments: BS XL KMO AV. Analyzed the data: BS KKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL. Wrote the paper: BS KKS.