About the Authors

Ting Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Sabina Kedzierska-Mieszkowska

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Huitao Liu

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Chuanmin Cheng

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Roman R. Ganta

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Michal Zolkiewski

michalz@ksu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

RG is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TZ SKM HL CC RG MZ. Performed the experiments: TZ SKM HL CC. Analyzed the data: TZ SKM RG MZ. Wrote the paper: RG MZ.