About the Authors

Martin C Frith

Affiliations Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan , Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Alistair R Forrest

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ehsan Nourbakhsh

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ken C Pang

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Chikatoshi Kai

Affiliation Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan

Jun Kawai

Affiliations Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan , Genome Science Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN Wako Institute, Wako, Japan

Piero Carninci

Affiliations Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan , Genome Science Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN Wako Institute, Wako, Japan

Yoshihide Hayashizaki

Affiliations Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan , Genome Science Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN Wako Institute, Wako, Japan

Timothy L Bailey

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sean M Grimmond

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: s.grimmond@imb.uq.edu.au

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

MCF, ARF, KCP, JK, PC, YH, TLB, and SMG conceived and designed the experiments. MCF, ARF, EN, KCP, CK, and TLB performed the experiments. MCF, ARF, KCP, TLB, and SMG analysed the data. MCF, ARF, CK, JK, PC, YH, TLB, and SMG contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. MCF and TLB wrote the paper.