Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following people for their contributions to our research project:

Dr. Douglas Maxwell

Dr. Medhat Nakhla

Dr. Craig Grau

Dr. Bill Russin

Abby Bettilyon

Sara Steien

Steve Millet

Orawan Chatchawankanphanich


Products were used from the following organizations:

Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

GenBank, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

GCG, Genetics Computer Group, Madison, WI

Life Technologies, http://www.lifetech.com


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