About the Authors

Kevork Hagopian

khagopian@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America

Alexey A. Tomilov

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America

Kyoungmi Kim

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America

Gino A. Cortopassi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America

Jon J. Ramsey

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH AAT. Performed the experiments: KH AAT. Analyzed the data: KH AAT KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAC JJR. Wrote the paper: KH JJR.