About the Authors

Joseph A. Ross

Current address: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliations Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

James R. Urton

Affiliations Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jessica Boland

Affiliations Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michael D. Shapiro

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Catherine L. Peichel

cpeichel@fhcrc.org

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAR CLP. Performed the experiments: JAR JRU JB CLP. Analyzed the data: JAR JRU JB CLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDS. Wrote the paper: JAR CLP.