About the Authors

Balaraj B. Menon

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Zhicheng Dou

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Sabine Heinhorst

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Jessup M. Shively

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Gordon C. Cannon

gordon.cannon@usm.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BBM SH GCC. Performed the experiments: BBM ZD GCC. Analyzed the data: BBM ZD SH GCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMS. Wrote the paper: BBM SH GCC.