About the Authors

Xiaoyun Wu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zhen Shi

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mingxue Cui

Affiliations Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Min Han

Affiliations Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Gary Ruvkun

ruvkun@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW ZS MC MH GR. Performed the experiments: XW ZS MC. Analyzed the data: XW ZS MC MH GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW ZS MC. Wrote the paper: XW GR.