About the Authors

Jessica C. Casciano

Affiliation Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nicholas J. Duchemin

Affiliation Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

R. Jason Lamontagne

Affiliation Program in Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Laura F. Steel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael J. Bouchard

michael.bouchard@drexelmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JCC MJB. Data curation: JCC NJD RJL LFS MJB. Formal analysis: JCC RJL MJB. Funding acquisition: JCC. Investigation: JCC NJD RJL LFS MJB. Methodology: JCC NJD RJL LFS MJB. Project administration: JCC MJB. Resources: MJB. Supervision: MJB. Validation: JCC RJL MJB. Visualization: JCC RJL. Writing – original draft: JCC. Writing – review & editing: JCC MJB.