About the Authors

Eric J. Milliman

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Neelu Yadav

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Yin-Chu Chen

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Bhavana Muddukrishna

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Sheelarani Karunanithi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Michael C. Yu

mcyu@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJM NY MCY. Performed the experiments: EJM NY YC SK BM MCY. Analyzed the data: EJM NY YC BM MCY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJM NY BM SK YC MCY. Wrote the paper: EJM MCY.