About the Authors

Hwa J. Choi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Timothy A. Sanders

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kathryn V. Tormos

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kurosh Ameri

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Justin D. Tsai

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Angela M. Park

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Julissa Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Anthony M. Rajah

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Xiaowei Liu

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Diana M. Quinonez

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Paolo F. Rinaudo

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Emin Maltepe

emin.maltepe@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJC TAS EM PFR. Performed the experiments: HJC TAS KVT KA JDT AMP JG AMR XL DMQ. Analyzed the data: HJC KVT PFR EM. Wrote the paper: EM.