About the Authors

Asif H. Chowdhury

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Johnny R. Ramroop

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Ghanshyam Upadhyay

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Ananya Sengupta

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Anna Andrzejczyk

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Shireen Saleque

ssaleque@ccny.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, The City College of New York and The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS. Performed the experiments: AHC JRR GU AS AA SS. Analyzed the data: AHC JRR SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHC AS AA. Wrote the paper: SS.