About the Authors

Samuel A. Danziger

Affiliations Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Roberta Baronio

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Lydia Ho

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Linda Hall

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Kirsty Salmon

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

G. Wesley Hatfield

Affiliations Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Peter Kaiser

pkaiser@uci.edu (PK); rickl@uci.edu (RHL)

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Richard H. Lathrop

pkaiser@uci.edu (PK); rickl@uci.edu (RHL)

Affiliations Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Danziger R. Baronio G. Hatfield P. Kaiser R. Lathrop. Performed the experiments: S. Danziger R. Baronio L. Ho L. Hall K. Salmon P. Kaiser. Analyzed the data: S. Danziger R. Baronio P. Kaiser R. Lathrop. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Danziger K. Salmon G. Hatfield P. Kaiser. Wrote the paper: S. Danziger P. Kaiser R. Lathrop.