About the Authors

Gwenaelle Gueguen

Affiliation Biology Department, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Marta E. Kalamarz

Affiliations Biology Department, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Johnny Ramroop

Affiliations Biology Department, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Jeffrey Uribe

Affiliation Biology Department, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Shubha Govind

sgovind@ccny.cuny.edu

Affiliations Biology Department, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG MEK JR JU SG. Performed the experiments: GG MEK JR JU SG. Analyzed the data: GG MEK JR JU SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: GG MEK JR JU SG.