About the Authors

Valeri V. Mossine

MossineV@missouri.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Experiment Station Chemical Labs, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

James K. Waters

Affiliation Experiment Station Chemical Labs, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Mark Hannink

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Thomas P. Mawhinney

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Experiment Station Chemical Labs, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Child Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VVM JKW TPM. Performed the experiments: VVM JKW. Analyzed the data: VVM MH TPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the manuscript: VVM.