About the Authors

Jay R Radke

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jradke@montana.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Robert G Donald

Affiliation Merck, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America

Amy Eibs

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Maria E Jerome

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Michael S Behnke

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Paul Liberator

Affiliation Merck, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America

Michael W White

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

RGD and PL are employed by Merck & Co. Inc.

Author Contributions

JRR, RGD, MEJ, MSB, PL, and MWW conceived and designed the experiments. JRR, AE, MEJ, and MSB performed the experiments. JRR, RGD, AE, MEJ, MSB, PL, and MWW analyzed the data. JRR, RGD, AE, PL, and MWW contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. JRR, RGD, AE, and MWW wrote the paper.