About the Authors

Adnan A. K. Al-Rubaye

Contributed equally to this work with: Adnan A. K. Al-Rubaye, M. Brian Couger

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America

M. Brian Couger

Contributed equally to this work with: Adnan A. K. Al-Rubaye, M. Brian Couger

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America

Sohita Ojha

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America

Jeff F. Pummill

Affiliation Arkansas High Performance Computing Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America

Joseph A. Koon II

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR, United States of America

Robert F. Wideman Jr.

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America, Department of Poultry Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America

Douglas D. Rhoads

drhoads@uark.edu

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA MC RW DR. Performed the experiments: AA MC SO JP JK RW DR. Analyzed the data: AA MC JP JK RW DR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP. Wrote the paper: MC RW DR.