About the Authors

Artem G. Lada

Affiliation Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Elena I. Stepchenkova

Affiliations Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Saint Petersburg Branch of Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg, Russia, Department of Genetics, Saint Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Irina S. R. Waisertreiger

Affiliation Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Vladimir N. Noskov

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

Alok Dhar

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy and Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

James D. Eudy

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy and Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Robert J. Boissy

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Masayuki Hirano

Affiliation Emory Vaccine Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Igor B. Rogozin

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Youri I. Pavlov

ypavlov@unmc.edu

Affiliations Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Saint Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGL YIP. Performed the experiments: AGL EIS ISRW VNN AD MH. Analyzed the data: AGL RJB IBR YIP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDE. Wrote the paper: AGL RJB IBR YIP.