About the Authors

Laura K. Sirot

Lsirot@wooster.edu

Current address: Department of Biology, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Melissa C. Hardstone

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa C. Hardstone, Michelle E. H. Helinski

Current address: Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Michelle E. H. Helinski

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa C. Hardstone, Michelle E. H. Helinski

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

José M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mari Kimura

Current address: AAAS-NSF S&T Policy Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Prasit Deewatthanawong

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mariana F. Wolfner

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Laura C. Harrington

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LKS MEHH MFW LCH. Performed the experiments: LKS MEHH MK. Analyzed the data: LKS MCH JMCR PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MFW LCH. Wrote the paper: LKS MCH MEHH JMCR MFW LCH. Generated databases of predicted peptides for protein discovery, and generated output for each of these proteins on predicted protein domains, homologs, and other features: JMCR.