About the Authors

Tracy L. Nicholson

rdeora@wakehealth.edu (RD); tracy.nicholson@ars.usda.gov (TLN)

Affiliation National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Matt S. Conover

Affiliation Program in Molecular Genetics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Rajendar Deora

rdeora@wakehealth.edu (RD); tracy.nicholson@ars.usda.gov (TLN)

Affiliations Program in Molecular Genetics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN MC RD. Performed the experiments: TN MC. Analyzed the data: TN MC RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN MC RD. Wrote the paper: TN MC RD.