About the Authors

Yi Li

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

Olga E. Petrova

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

Shengchang Su

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Gee W. Lau

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Warunya Panmanee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Renuka Na

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Daniel J. Hassett

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

David G. Davies

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: KS DJH DGD. Performed the experiments: YL OEP GWL SS WP RN. Analyzed the data: YL KS DJH OEP SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS DJH. Wrote the paper: KS OEP.