About the Authors

William S. Sanders

wss2@msstate.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America

C. Ian Johnston

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America

Susan M. Bridges

Affiliations Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America

Shane C. Burgess

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America, Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America

Kenneth O. Willeford

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WSS SMB KOW. Performed the experiments: WSS CIJ. Analyzed the data: WSS SMB SCB KOW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WSS CIJ SMB SCB KOW. Wrote the paper: WSS SMB. Obtained permission for use of cell line: SMB SCB.