About the Authors

Manuel Viotti

Affiliations Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America, Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology Program, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Lei Niu

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Song-Hai Shi

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis

hadj@mskcc.org

Affiliation Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: MV AKH. Performed the experiments: MV LN AKH. Analyzed the data: MV AKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV LN SS AKH. Wrote the paper: MV AKH.