About the Authors

Sivan Harel

Contributed equally to this work with: Sivan Harel, Edmund Y. Tu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Edmund Y. Tu

Contributed equally to this work with: Sivan Harel, Edmund Y. Tu

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Stuart Weisberg

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Manuel Esquilin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Stuart M. Chambers

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Becky Liu

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Christian T. Carson

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lorenz Studer

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Boris Reizis

bvr2101@columbia.edu (BR); tomishim@mskcc.org (MJT)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Mark J. Tomishima

bvr2101@columbia.edu (BR); tomishim@mskcc.org (MJT)

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: CTC owns stock in Becton, Dickinson and Company. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH LS BR MJT. Performed the experiments: SH EYT MJT BL. Analyzed the data: SH EYT SMC LS BR MJT BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH SW ME SMC CTC BR. Wrote the paper: SH LS BR MJT.