About the Authors

Darshankumar T. Pathak

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Xueming Wei

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Alex Bucuvalas

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Daniel H. Haft

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

Dietlind L. Gerloff

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Daniel Wall

dwall2@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DTP XW DW. Performed the experiments: DTP XW AB DW. Analyzed the data: DTP XW DHH DLG DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTP XW DHH DLG DW. Wrote the paper: DW DTP DHH DLG.