About the Authors

Mattias Magnusson

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Maria I. Sierra

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rajkumar Sasidharan

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sacha L. Prashad

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Melissa Romero

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Pamela Saarikoski

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ben Van Handel

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Andy Huang

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xinmin Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hanna K. A. Mikkola

hmikkola@mcdb.ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. M.M., B.V.H., and A.H., own significant financial stakes in Novogenix Laboratories, LLC. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: MM MIS RS HKAM. Performed the experiments: MM MIS RS SLP MR PS BVH AH. Analyzed the data: MM MIS RS XL HKAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HKAM. Wrote the paper: MM MIS HKAM.