About the Authors

Aiswarya Baruah

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Hsinwen Chang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mathew Hall

Affiliation Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jie Yuan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Sarah Gordon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Erik Johnson

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Ludmila L. Shtessel

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Callista Yee

Affiliation Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Siegfried Hekimi

Affiliation Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

W. Brent Derry

Affiliation Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Siu Sylvia Lee

sylvia.lee@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB HC MH WBD SSL. Performed the experiments: AB HC MH SG JY EJ LLS. Analyzed the data: AB HC MH SG JY EJ LLS WBD SSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB HC MH SG JY EJ WBD SSL CY SH. Wrote the paper: AB HC MH LLS WBD SSL.