About the Authors

Jasmin H. Bavarva

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

Hongseok Tae

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

Robert E. Settlage

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

Harold R. Garner

garner@vbi.vt.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHB HRG. Performed the experiments: JHB. Analyzed the data: JHB HT HRG. Wrote the paper: JHB RES HRG.