About the Authors

David E. Nelson

nelsonde@indiana.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Barbara Van Der Pol

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Qunfeng Dong

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Kashi V. Revanna

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

Baochang Fan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Shraddha Easwaran

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Erica Sodergren

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

George M. Weinstock

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Lixia Diao

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatic and Computational Biology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

J. Dennis Fortenberry

Affiliation Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEN BVDP GMW JDF. Performed the experiments: DEN BVDP QD BF SE ES LD. Analyzed the data: DEN BVDP QD KVR BF SE ES GMW LD JDF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEN BVDP BF SE ES GMW. Wrote the paper: DEN BVDP QD KVR BF SE ES GMW LD JDF.