About the Authors

Poornima L. N. Kotha

Affiliation Departments of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Priyanka Sharma

Affiliation Departments of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Abimbola O. Kolawole

Affiliation Departments of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Ran Yan

Affiliation Departments of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Mahmoud S. Alghamri

Affiliation Departments of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Trisha L. Brockman

Affiliation Departments of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Julian Gomez-Cambronero

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Katherine J. D. A. Excoffon

katherine.excoffon@wright.edu

Affiliation Departments of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLNK PS AOK RY MSA JG KJDAE. Performed the experiments: PLNK PS AOK RY MSA TLB. Analyzed the data: PLNK PS AOK RY MSA TLB JG KJDAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG KJDAE. Wrote the paper: PLNK PS AOK RY MSA TLB JG KJDAE.