About the Authors

Lindsay E. Calderon

Lindsay.Calderon@eku.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, 40475, United States of America

Shu Liu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Hebei University Health Science Center, Hebei, 071000, China

Nova Arnold

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, 40475, United States of America

Bethany Breakall

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, 40475, United States of America

Joseph Rollins

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, 40475, United States of America

Margaret Ndinguri

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, 40475, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC SL. Performed the experiments: LC SL NA BB JR MN. Analyzed the data: LC SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC SL. Wrote the paper: Manuscript first draft: LC SL. Manuscript revision: NA BB JR MN.