About the Authors

Julia Salzman

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia Salzman, Charles Gawad

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Charles Gawad

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia Salzman, Charles Gawad

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Peter Lincoln Wang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Norman Lacayo

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Patrick O. Brown

pbrown@stanford.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

PB is currently a member of the Board of Directors of PLoS. 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: JS CG PW PB. Performed the experiments: CG JS PW. Analyzed the data: JS CG PW PB. Wrote the paper: JS CG PB. Designed the analysis of the RNA-Seq data: JS PB. Obtained permission for the use of and access to clinical samples: NL.