About the Authors

Fatouma Alimirah

Affiliations Division of Cancer Biology, IIT Research Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Xinjian Peng

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, IIT Research Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Genoveva Murillo

Affiliations Division of Cancer Biology, IIT Research Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rajendra G. Mehta

rmehta@iitri.org

Affiliations Division of Cancer Biology, IIT Research Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA XP RGM. Performed the experiments: FA XP. Analyzed the data: FA XP RGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM. Wrote the paper: FA RGM.