About the Authors

Thilini P. Wijesekera

Current address: Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Sumit Saurabh

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Brigitte Dauwalder

bdauwalder@uh.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TPW BD. Performed the experiments: TPW SS BD. Analyzed the data: TPW BD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPW BD. Wrote the paper: TPW SS BD.