About the Authors

Weina Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Weina Zhao, Erin Breese

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Erin Breese

Contributed equally to this work with: Weina Zhao, Erin Breese

Current address: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Allison Bowers

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Jonathan Hoggatt

Current address: Harvard University, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Louis M. Pelus

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Hal E. Broxmeyer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mark Goebl

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Maureen A. Harrington

mharrin@iu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAH MG HEB LMP JH EB WZ. Performed the experiments: AB JH EB WZ. Analyzed the data: MAH JH LP HEB EB WZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAH JH LP HEB. Wrote the paper: MAH MG WZ EB JH HEB.