About the Authors

Tomáš Helikar

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Naomi Kochi

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Bryan Kowal

Affiliation College of Information Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Manjari Dimri

Affiliation George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Mayumi Naramura

Affiliations The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center-Eppley Cancer Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Srikumar M. Raja

Affiliations The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center-Eppley Cancer Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Vimla Band

Affiliations The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center-Eppley Cancer Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Hamid Band

Affiliations The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center-Eppley Cancer Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Pathology and Microbiology; and Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jim A. Rogers

jrogers@unomaha.edu

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH JAR HB MN SMR VB MD. Performed the experiments: TH NK JAR HB MN SMR VB MD. Analyzed the data: TH JAR HB MN SMR VB MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH BK JAR HB MN SMR VB MD. Wrote the paper: TH JAR HB.