About the Authors

Muthu D. Bhaskaran

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Bret N. Smith

bret.smith@uky.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDB BNS. Performed the experiments: MDB BNS. Analyzed the data: MDB BNS. Wrote the paper: MDB BNS.