About the Authors
- Jinong Feng
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jinong Feng, Zhifang Zhang
Affiliation Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Zhifang Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jinong Feng, Zhifang Zhang
Affiliation Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Xiwei Wu
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Allen Mao
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Frances Chang
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Xutao Deng
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Harry Gao
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Affiliation DNA Sequencing Core, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Ching Ouyang
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Kenneth J. Dery
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Keith Le
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Jeffrey Longmate
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Claudia Marek
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Affiliation R.P. St. Amand MD Inc, Marina Del Rey, California, United States of America
- R. Paul St. Amand
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Affiliation R.P. St. Amand MD Inc, Marina Del Rey, California, United States of America
- Theodore G. Krontiris
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
- John E. Shively
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* E-mail: jshively@coh.org
Affiliation Department of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Although Dr. R.P. St. Amand and Claudia Marek are employed by R.P. St. Amand MD Inc., this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JES TGK. Performed the experiments: JF ZZ. Analyzed the data: XW AM FC XD HG CO KL KJD JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM RPSA. Wrote the paper: JF ZZ JL TGK JES.