About the Authors

György Hutvágner

Contributed equally to this work with: György Hutvágner, Martin J Simard

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Martin J Simard

Contributed equally to this work with: György Hutvágner, Martin J Simard

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Craig C Mello

Affiliations Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Phillip D Zamore

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest exist.