About the Authors

Zhaohui Sun

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

Mounir Errami

Affiliation Department of Math and Natural Sciences, Collin College, Plano, Texas, United States of America

Tara Long

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

Chris Renard

Affiliation Department of Math and Natural Sciences, Collin College, Plano, Texas, United States of America

Nishant Choradia

Affiliation Department of Math and Natural Sciences, Collin College, Plano, Texas, United States of America

Harold Garner

garner@vbi.vt.edu

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: ZS ME HG. Performed the experiments: ZS CR NC. Analyzed the data: ZS ME TL HG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZS CR NC HG. Wrote the paper: ZS ME TL CR NC HG.