About the Authors

Amit Sharma

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Retrovirus Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Alper Yilmaz

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Retrovirus Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kim Marsh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Alan Cochrane

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Kathleen Boris-Lawrie

boris-lawrie.1@osu.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Retrovirus Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KBL AC AS AY. Performed the experiments: AS AY KM. Analyzed the data: KBL AC AS AY KM. Wrote the paper: KBL AC AS.