About the Authors

Jiffin K. Paulose

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States of America

John M. Wright

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States of America

Akruti G Patel

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States of America

Vincent M. Cassone

Vincent.Cassone@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VMC JKP. Performed the experiments: JKP AGP JMW. Analyzed the data: JKP AGP VMC JMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VMC. Wrote the paper: VMC JKP.