About the Authors

Celine S. Hong

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Juan Cui

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Zhaohui Ni

Affiliation Department of Pathogenobiology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China

Yingying Su

Affiliation Department of Pathogenobiology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China

David Puett

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Fan Li

Affiliation Department of Pathogenobiology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China

Ying Xu

xyn@bmb.uga.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSH JC DP YX. Performed the experiments: CSH. Analyzed the data: CSH DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZN YS DP FL. Wrote the paper: CSH JC DP YX.