About the Authors

Teresa A Venezia

Contributed equally to this work with: Teresa A Venezia, Akil A Merchant

Affiliations Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Akil A Merchant

Contributed equally to this work with: Teresa A Venezia, Akil A Merchant

Affiliations Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Carlos A Ramos

Affiliations Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nathan L Whitehouse

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Andrew S Young

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chad A Shaw

Affiliation Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Margaret A Goodell

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: goodell@bcm.tmc.edu

Affiliations Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist.

Author Contributions

TAV, AAM, CAR, and MAG conceived and designed the experiments. TAV and AAM performed the experiments. TAV, AAM, CAS, and MAG analyzed the data. NLW, ASY, and CAS contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. TAV, AAM, CAS, and MAG wrote the paper.