About the Authors

Hema Kothari

Hema.Kothari@uthct.edu

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

L. Vijaya Mohan Rao

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Ramakrishna Vankayalapati

Affiliation Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Usha R. Pendurthi

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK URP LVMR. Performed the experiments: HK URP. Analyzed the data: HK URP LVMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK URP RV LVMR. Wrote the paper: HK URP LVMR.