About the Authors

Fui C. Yap

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Mark S. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Mike T. Lin

mlin@southalabama.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTL MST. Performed the experiments: MTL FCY. Analyzed the data: MTL FCY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MTL MST.