About the Authors
- Nayan J. Sarma
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Current address: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Thomas D. Buford
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Terry Haley
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Current address: Microarray Core Facility, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Kellie Barbara-Haley
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Current address: Life Technologies, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- George M. Santangelo
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Current address: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Kristine A. Willis
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* E-mail: kaw85@georgetown.edu
Current address: Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
Competing Interests
The current employer of KBH is Life Technologies, but this author was employed by the University of Southern Mississippi at the time the work described herein was performed. The present affiliation of this author does not alter the authors’ adherence to the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, and Life Technologies had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of this manuscript. The authors therefore declare that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KAW GMS. Performed the experiments: NJS TDB TMH KB-H. Analyzed the data: NJS KAW GMS. Wrote the paper: KAW GMS.