About the Authors

Alexej Abyzov

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alper Uzun

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Phyllis R. Strauss

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Valentin A. Ilyin

v.ilyin@neu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA VI. Performed the experiments: AA. Analyzed the data: AA PS VI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA AU. Wrote the paper: AA PS VI.