About the Authors

P. J. Hastings

Contributed equally to this work with: P. J. Hastings, Megan N. Hersh

hastings@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Megan N. Hersh

Contributed equally to this work with: P. J. Hastings, Megan N. Hersh

Current address: LaserGen Inc., Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

P. C. Thornton

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Natalie C. Fonville

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Andrew Slack

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ryan L. Frisch

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mellanie P. Ray

Current address: Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Reuben S. Harris

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Suzanne M. Leal

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Susan M. Rosenberg

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, and Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJH MNH RSH SMR. Performed the experiments: PJH MNH PCT NCF AS RLF MPR RSH. Analyzed the data: PJH MNH RLF RSH SML SMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJH MNH PCT AS MPR RSH. Wrote the paper: PJH MNH SMR.