About the Authors

Shuang Liang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Melissa Varrecchia

Affiliation Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Kenji Ishida

Affiliation Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Emmitt R. Jolly

emmitt.jolly@case.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERJ SL. Performed the experiments: ERJ SL. Analyzed the data: ERJ SL MV KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERJ SL. Wrote the paper: ERJ SL MV KI.