About the Authors

Ryan M. O'Connell

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan M. O'Connell, Alejandro B. Balazs

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Alejandro B. Balazs

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan M. O'Connell, Alejandro B. Balazs

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Dinesh S. Rao

Affiliations Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Christine Kivork

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Lili Yang

baltimo@caltech.edu (DB); liyang@caltech.edu (LY)

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

David Baltimore

baltimo@caltech.edu (DB); liyang@caltech.edu (LY)

Affiliation Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMO ABB DB. Performed the experiments: RMO ABB CK. Analyzed the data: RMO ABB DSR LY. Wrote the paper: RMO ABB.