About the Authors

Arundhati Biswas

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California Medical School, Irvine, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Daniel Elmatari

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Jason Rothman

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Craig W. LaMunyon

cwlamunyon@csupomona.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Hamid M. Said

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California Medical School, Irvine, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB DE JR CWL HMS. Performed the experiments: AB DE JR CWL. Analyzed the data: AB DE JR CWL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWL HMS. Wrote the paper: AB DE JR CWL HMS.