About the Authors

Brandi L. Gancarz

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Linhui Hao

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Qiuling He

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Michael A. Newton

Affiliations Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Paul Ahlquist

ahlquist@wisc.edu

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

P.A. is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLG LH PA. Performed the experiments: BLG LH. Analyzed the data: BLG LH QH MAN PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLG LH QH MAN PA. Wrote the paper: BLG PA.