About the Authors
- Liza D. Morales
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Affiliation Edinburg Regional Academic Health Center, Medical Research Division, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America
- Edgar A. Casillas Pavón
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America
- Jun Wan Shin
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Affiliation Edinburg Regional Academic Health Center, Medical Research Division, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America
- Alexander Garcia
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America
- Mario Capetillo
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America
- Dae Joon Kim
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* E-mail: KimDJ@uthscsa.edu (DJK); jlieman@southtexascollege.edu (JL)
Affiliations Edinburg Regional Academic Health Center, Medical Research Division, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Jonathan H. Lieman
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* E-mail: KimDJ@uthscsa.edu (DJK); jlieman@southtexascollege.edu (JL)
Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JHL LDM. Performed the experiments: LDM EACP AG MC. Analyzed the data: JHL LDM DJK JWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHL DJK. Wrote the paper: JHL LDM DJK. Edited/revised manuscript: EACP AG.