About the Authors

Richard A. Hurt Jr

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Steven D. Brown

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Mircea Podar

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Anthony V. Palumbo

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Dwayne A. Elias

eliasda@ornl.gov

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAH DAE. Performed the experiments: RAH. Analyzed the data: RAH DAE AVP SDB MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAE. Wrote the paper: RAH DAE AVP SDB MP.