About the Authors

Darko Bosnakovski

Affiliations Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Faculty of Technology and Technical Science, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Veles, Republic of Macedonia, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Randy S. Daughters

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Zhaohui Xu

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jonathan M. W. Slack

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Michael Kyba

kyba@umn.edu

Affiliations Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB RSD JS MK. Performed the experiments: DB RSD ZX. Analyzed the data: DB RSD JS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK. Wrote the paper: DB RSD JS MK.