About the Authors

Brittany D. McCall

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven C. Pennings

spennings@uh.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BM SP. Performed the experiments: BM. Analyzed the data: BM SP. Wrote the paper: BM SP.