About the Authors

Catriona Paul

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Joanne E. Povey

Affiliation Sir Alastair Currie Cancer Research United Kingdom Laboratories, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nicola J. Lawrence

Affiliation Sir Alastair Currie Cancer Research United Kingdom Laboratories, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jim Selfridge

Affiliation Sir Alastair Currie Cancer Research United Kingdom Laboratories, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

David W. Melton

Affiliation Sir Alastair Currie Cancer Research United Kingdom Laboratories, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Philippa T. K. Saunders

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: p.saunders@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS CP DM. Performed the experiments: CP JS. Analyzed the data: CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP NL JS. Wrote the paper: PS CP DM.