About the Authors

Nayan J. Sarma

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

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Terry Haley

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

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

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

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.