About the Authors

Bernd Fritzsch

bernd-fritzsch@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Miriam Dillard

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Alfonso Lavado

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Natasha L. Harvey

Current address: Division of Hematology, The Hanson Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Israt Jahan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BF. Performed the experiments: BF MD AL. Analyzed the data: BF NH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BF MD AL IJ. Wrote the paper: BF NH. Added in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical work for the final submission: IJ.