About the Authors

Christopher D. Barnhart

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

Dongren Yang

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

Pamela J. Lein

pjlein@ucdavis.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDB DY PJL. Performed the experiments: CDB DY. Analyzed the data: CDB DY PJL. Wrote the paper: CDB DY PJL.