About the Authors

Shubin W. Shahab

Affiliations School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lilya V. Matyunina

Affiliations School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Roman Mezencev

Affiliations School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

L. DeEtte Walker

Affiliations School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nathan J. Bowen

Affiliations Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Benedict B. Benigno

Affiliation Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John F. McDonald

john.mcdonald@biology.gatech.edu

Affiliations School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFM SWS. Performed the experiments: SWS LDW LVM. Analyzed the data: SWS NJB RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BBB. Wrote the paper: JFM SWS.