About the Authors

Rainelli B. Koumangoye

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Amos M. Sakwe

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

J. Shawn Goodwin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Tina Patel

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Josiah Ochieng

jochieng@mmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBK JSG JO. Performed the experiments: RBK JSG TP JO. Analyzed the data: RBK AMS JSG JO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RBK AMS. Wrote the paper: RBK JO.