About the Authors

Divya S. Vinjamur

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Yousef N. Alhashem

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Safa F. Mohamad

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Parth Amin

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

David C. Williams Jr.

Current address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliations Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Joyce A. Lloyd

jlloyd@vcu.edu

Affiliations Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSV YNA JAL SFM PA DCW. Performed the experiments: DSV YNA SFM PA DCW. Analyzed the data: DSV YNA JAL SFM PA DCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YNA DSV SFM PA DCW. Wrote the paper: DSV YNA JAL SFM PA DCW.