About the Authors

Byrappa Venkatesh

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcbbv@imcb.a-star.edu.sg (BV); ekirknes@tigr.org (EFK)

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Ewen F Kirkness

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcbbv@imcb.a-star.edu.sg (BV); ekirknes@tigr.org (EFK)

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yong-Hwee Loh

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Aaron L Halpern

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Alison P Lee

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Justin Johnson

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Nidhi Dandona

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Lakshmi D Viswanathan

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Alice Tay

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

J. Craig Venter

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Robert L Strausberg

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Sydney Brenner

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

BV and SB conceived the project. BV, EFK, and RLS designed the experiments. YHL, ALH, APL, JJ, ND, LDV, and AT performed the experiments. BV, EFK, YHL, ALH, APL, JJ, JCV, RLS, and SB analyzed the data. BV and EFK wrote the paper, which JCV, RLS, and SB assisted in refining.