About the Authors

Mark Read

mark.read@york.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Electronics, the University of York, York, United Kingdom

Paul S. Andrews

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, the University of York, York, United Kingdom

Jon Timmis

Affiliations Department of Electronics, the University of York, York, United Kingdom, Department of Computer Science, the University of York, York, United Kingdom

Richard A. Williams

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, the University of York, York, United Kingdom

Richard B. Greaves

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology and HYMS, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Huiming Sheng

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, California, United States of America

Mark Coles

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology and HYMS, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Vipin Kumar

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR PSA JT MC VK. Performed the experiments: MR RW RG HS. Analyzed the data: MR HS. Wrote the manuscript: MR PSA JT RW RG MC VK.