About the Authors

Gary M. R. Deyter

Current address: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

This author was formerly known as Gary M. Riefler.

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Genes and Development, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tokiko Furuta

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yasuhiro Kurasawa

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jill M. Schumacher

jschumac@mdanderson.org

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Genes and Development, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GMRD JMS. Performed the experiments: GMRD TF YK. Analyzed the data: GMRD YK JMS. Wrote the paper: GMRD JMS. Designed and performed the bulk of the experiments: GMRD. Performed the dsRNA microinjections and created several strains: TF. Performed the experiments in Table 1 and Figure 6C: YK. Supervised the project, analyzed the data: JMS. Co-wrote the manuscript: GMRD JMS.