About the Authors

Alex Hopke

Affiliation Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Nadine Nicke

Affiliation Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Erica E. Hidu

Affiliation Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Genny Degani

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Laura Popolo

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Robert T. Wheeler

robert.wheeler1@maine.edu

Affiliations Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH RTW. Performed the experiments: AH NN EEH. Analyzed the data: AH NN RTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD LP. Wrote the paper: AH LP RTW.