About the Authors

Karin Strijbis

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fikadu G. Tafesse

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory D. Fairn

Affiliation Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Martin D. Witte

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stephanie K. Dougan

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicki Watson

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eric Spooner

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alexandre Esteban

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Valmik K. Vyas

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gerald R. Fink

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sergio Grinstein

Affiliations Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Program in Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hidde L. Ploegh

ploegh@wi.mit.edu

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS GDF AE GRF SG HLP. Performed the experiments: KS FGT MDW SKD NW ES. Analyzed the data: KS MDW FGT HLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VKV. Wrote the paper: KS HLP.