About the Authors

Konstantin A Tsetsarkin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Dana L Vanlandingham

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Charles E McGee

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Stephen Higgs

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sthiggs@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

KAT and SH conceived and designed the experiments. KAT, DLV, and CEM performed the experiments and analyzed the data. KAT, DLV, CEM, and SH wrote the paper.