About the Authors

Taras K. Oleksyk

*E-mail: oleksyk@ncifcrf.gov

Affiliations Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Kai Zhao

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Francisco M. De La Vega

Affiliation Applied Biosystems, Foster City, California, United States of America

Dennis A. Gilbert

Affiliation Applied Biosystems, Foster City, California, United States of America

Stephen J. O'Brien

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Michael W. Smith

Affiliations Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

TKO, KZ, SJO, and MWS declare that they do not have competing financial interests. FMDLV and DAG have competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO MS TO. Performed the experiments: TO KZ. Analyzed the data: TO KZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO FD DG. Wrote the paper: SO MS TO.