About the Authors

Gary J. Iacobucci

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Noura Abdel Rahman

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Aida Andrades Valtueña

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Tapan Kumar Nayak

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Shermali Gunawardena

sg99@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJI TKN SG. Performed the experiments: GJI NAR AAV TKN SG. Analyzed the data: GJI NAR AAV TKN SG. Wrote the paper: GJI SG.