About the Authors

Baris Hancioglu

barish@rice.edu

Current address: Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

John J. Tyson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH JJT. Performed the experiments: BH JJT. Analyzed the data: BH JJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BH JJT. Wrote the paper: BH JJT.