About the Authors

Kwang-Hyung Kim

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Sven D. Willger

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Sang-Wook Park

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Srisombat Puttikamonkul

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Nora Grahl

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Yangrae Cho

Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Biswarup Mukhopadhyay

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Robert A. Cramer Jr.

rcramer@montana.edu (RAC); lawrence@vbi.vt.edu (CBL)

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Christopher B. Lawrence

rcramer@montana.edu (RAC); lawrence@vbi.vt.edu (CBL)

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHK SDW SWP BM RAC CBL. Performed the experiments: KHK SDW SP NG YC. Analyzed the data: KHK SDW SWP YC BM RAC CBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHK SDW SWP BM RAC CBL. Wrote the paper: KHK SDW YC RAC CBL.