About the Authors

Yue Qi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Sara Duhachek-Muggy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Hui Li

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Anna Zolkiewska

zolkiea@ksu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YQ SDM HL AZ. Performed the experiments: YQ SDM HL. Analyzed the data: YQ SDM HL AZ. Wrote the paper: YQ AZ. Proofread the manuscript: SDM HL.