About the Authors

Jean Peccoud

peccoud@vt.edu

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Megan F. Blauvelt

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Yizhi Cai

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Kristal L. Cooper

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Oswald Crasta

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Emily C. DeLalla

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Clive Evans

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Otto Folkerts

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Blair M. Lyons

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Shrinivasrao P. Mane

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Rebecca Shelton

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Matthew A. Sweede

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Sally A. Waldon

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CE OF JP. Performed the experiments: CE MFB KLC ECD BML MAS. Analyzed the data: OC SPM JP YC RS SAW. Wrote the paper: OC CE OF SPM JP YC RS SAW.