About the Authors

Debashis Barik

dbariksc@uohyd.ac.in (DB); tyson@vt.edu (JJT)

Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

David A. Ball

Current address: Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Jean Peccoud

Current address: Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

John J. Tyson

dbariksc@uohyd.ac.in (DB); tyson@vt.edu (JJT)

Affiliations Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DB JP JJT. Data curation: DB DAB. Formal analysis: DB DAB. Funding acquisition: DB JP JJT. Investigation: DB DAB. Methodology: DB DAB JJT. Project administration: JP JJT. Resources: DB DAB JP JJT. Software: DB. Supervision: JP JJT. Validation: DB JP JJT. Visualization: DB. Writing – original draft: DB JP. Writing – review & editing: DB JP JJT.