About the Authors

Jie-ying Liao

Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sheetal A. Thakur

Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Zachary B. Zalinger

Affiliation Laboratory of Respiratory Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kevin E. Gerrish

Affiliation Gene Array Core Facility, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Farhad Imani

fimani@virasource.com

Affiliation ViraSource Laboratories, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-YL ST ZZ KG FI. Performed the experiments: J-YL ST ZZ KG FI. Analyzed the data: J-YL ST ZZ KG FI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-YL ST ZZ KG FI. Wrote the paper: J-YL ST ZZ KG FI.