About the Authors

Whitney G. Smalley-Freed

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Andrey Efimov

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sarah P. Short

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Peilin Jia

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Zhongming Zhao

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

M. Kay Washington

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sylvie Robine

Affiliation Department of Morphogenesis and Intracellular Signaling, Institut Curie-Centre de National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France

Robert J. Coffey

Affiliations Medical Service, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Albert B. Reynolds

al.reynolds@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WGS-F AE SPS RJC ABR. Performed the experiments: WGS-F AE SPS. Analyzed the data: WGS-F AE SPS PJ ZZ MKW RJC ABR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR RJC. Wrote the paper: WGS-F ABR. Edited the manuscript: SPS RJC.