About the Authors

Vasantha Kumar Bhaskara

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Indra Mohanam

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Jasti S. Rao

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Sanjeeva Mohanam

smohanam@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VKB SM. Performed the experiments: VKB IM. Analyzed the data: VKB SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSR SM. Wrote the paper: SM.