About the Authors

Nadine Norton

* Email: Norton.nadine@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Zhifu Sun

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yan W. Asmann

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Daniel J. Serie

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Brian M. Necela

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Aditya Bhagwate

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jin Jen

Affiliation Medical Genome Facility, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Bruce W. Eckloff

Affiliation Medical Genome Facility, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Krishna R. Kalari

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Kevin J. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jennifer M. Carr

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Jennifer M. Kachergus

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Xochiquetzal J. Geiger

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Edith A. Perez

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

E. Aubrey Thompson

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NN EAT EAP JJ. Performed the experiments: NN JMC JMK BN BWE XJG. Analyzed the data: NN AB ZS YWA DJS KRK KJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAP EAT ZS YWA XJG. Wrote the manuscript: NN EAT EAP ZS YWA.