About the Authors

Dinender K. Singla

dsingla@ucf.edu

Affiliation Biomolecular Science Center, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Reetu D. Singla

Affiliation Biomolecular Science Center, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Latifa S. Abdelli

Affiliation Biomolecular Science Center, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Carley Glass

Affiliation Biomolecular Science Center, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Dinender Singla is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DKS RDS LA CG. Performed the experiments: RDS LA CG. Analyzed the data: DKS RDS LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKS RDS LA CG. Wrote the paper: DKS RDS LA CG.