About the Authors

Diane Silva

Current address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Kenneth W. Olsen

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Magdalena N. Bednarz

Current address: College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Andrew Droste

Current address: Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Christopher P. Lenkeit

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher P. Lenkeit, Edwin Chaharbakhshi, Emily R. Temple-Wood

Current address: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Edwin Chaharbakhshi

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher P. Lenkeit, Edwin Chaharbakhshi, Emily R. Temple-Wood

Current address: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Emily R. Temple-Wood

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher P. Lenkeit, Edwin Chaharbakhshi, Emily R. Temple-Wood

Current address: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Jennifer C. Jemc

jmierisch@luc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DS KWO JCJ. Formal analysis: DS KWO JCJ. Funding acquisition: DS KWO MNB AD CPL EC ERTW JCJ. Investigation: DS KWO MNB AD CPL EC ERTW JCJ. Methodology: DS KWO JCJ. Project administration: JCJ. Resources: KWO MNB AD CPL EC ERTW JCJ. Supervision: JCJ. Validation: DS JCJ. Visualization: DS KWO JCJ. Writing – original draft: DS KWO JCJ. Writing – review & editing: DS KWO MNB AD CPL EC JCJ.