About the Authors

Gerald A. LeBlanc

Gerald_leblanc@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Ying H. Wang

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Charisse N. Holmes

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Gwijun Kwon

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Elizabeth K. Medlock

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAL YHW GK. Performed the experiments: YHW CNH GK EKM. Analyzed the data: GAL YHW CNH GK EKM. Wrote the paper: GAL YHW CNH GK EKM.