About the Authors

Zunamys I. Carrero

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Venkatramreddy Velma

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Heather E. Douglas

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Michael D. Hebert

mhebert@umc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZIC MDH. Performed the experiments: ZIC VV HED MDH. Analyzed the data: ZIC VV HED MDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZIC VV HED MDH. Wrote the paper: MDH ZIC.