About the Authors

Refugio Robles-Sikisaka

refugio.robles1@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Andrew J. Bohonak

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Leroy R. McClenaghan Jr

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Arun K. Dhar

Current address: Viracine Therapeutics Corporation, Columbia, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRS AKD. Performed the experiments: RRS. Analyzed the data: RRS AJB AKD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRS AJB LRM AKD. Wrote the paper: RRS AJB AKD.