About the Authors

M. Kristen Hall

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Douglas A. Weidner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Jian ming Chen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher J. Bernetski

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Ruth A. Schwalbe

schwalber@ecu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAS MKH DAW. Performed the experiments: RAS MKH DAW JC CJB. Analyzed the data: RAS MKH DAW JC CJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAS. Wrote the paper: RAS MKH DAW.