About the Authors

Xun E. Zhang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Shaquria P. Adderley

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Jerome W. Breslin

jbreslin@health.usf.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XEZ JWB. Performed the experiments: XEZ SPA. Analyzed the data: XEZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWB. Wrote the paper: XEZ SPA JWB.