About the Authors

Karishma R. Rajani

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth L. Pettit Kneller

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Margie O. McKenzie

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

David A. Horita

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeff W. Chou

Affiliation Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Douglas S. Lyles

dlyles@wakehealth.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRR ELPK DAH DSL. Performed the experiments: KRR ELPK MOM. Analyzed the data: KRR ELPK JWC DSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAH JWC DSL. Wrote the paper: KRR ELPK DSL.