About the Authors

Sandeep Kumar

skumar@knights.ucf.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Biomolecular Sciences Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Purnachandra Nagaraju Ganji

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hojun Song

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Laurence von Kalm

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Biomolecular Sciences Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

David W. Borst

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, Biomolecular Sciences Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK GPN. Performed the experiments: SK GPN. Analyzed the data: SK GPN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK DWB HS LV. Wrote the paper: SK. Provided guidance for the research, worked further on data analysis, and critically reviewed the manuscript: HS LV. Principal investigator of the project under NSF DBI-0442412: DWB.