About the Authors

Olga E. Petrova

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

Karin Sauer

ksauer@binghamton.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OEP KS. Performed the experiments: OEP KS. Analyzed the data: OEP KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS. Wrote the paper: OEP KS.