About the Authors
- Youping Deng
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* E-mail: youping_deng@rush.edu
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Cancer Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Sharon A. Meyer
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Affiliation University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
- Xin Guan
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Affiliation SpecProc Inc., Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Barbara Lynn Escalon
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Affiliation US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Junmei Ai
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Affiliation School of Computing, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Mitchell S. Wilbanks
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Affiliation US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Ruth Welti
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Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Natàlia Garcia-Reyero
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Affiliation Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
- Edward J. Perkins
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Affiliation US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States of America
Competing Interests
Youping Deng, Xin Guan and Barbara Lynn Escalon were employed by SpecPro Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EJP. Performed the experiments: SAM XG BLE MSW RW NGR. Analyzed the data: YD SAM JA RW NGR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YD JA. Wrote the paper: YD SAM MSW EJP.