About the Authors

Lifang Li

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Shamoon Naseem

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Sahil Sharma

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

James B. Konopka

james.konopka@stonybrook.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL SN JBK. Performed the experiments: LL SN SS JBK. Analyzed the data: LL SN SS JBK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL SN SS JBK. Wrote the paper: LL JBK.