About the Authors

Ilangovan Raju

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Lalita Oonthonpan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Edathara C. Abraham

ecabraham@uams.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECA IR. Performed the experiments: IR LO. Analyzed the data: IR ECA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IR LO. Wrote the paper: IR ECA.