About the Authors

Songjun Xu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Priyalakshmi Panikker

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Sahira Iqbal

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Felice Elefant

fe22@drexel.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SX FE. Performed the experiments: SX PP SI. Analyzed the data: SX FE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SX PP. Wrote the paper: SX FE.