About the Authors

Dhwajbahadur K. Rawat

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Peter Hecker

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Makino Watanabe

Affiliation Departments of Physiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sukrutha Chettimada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Richard J. Levy

Current address: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Takao Okada

Affiliation Departments of Physiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

John G. Edwards

Affiliation Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

Sachin A. Gupte

sachin_gupte@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAG JGE RJL TO MW. Performed the experiments: DKR PH SC MW. Analyzed the data: DKR PH MW SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJL. Wrote the paper: SAG.