About the Authors

Stuart M Chambers

Affiliations Program for Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chad A Shaw

Affiliations Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Catherine Gatza

Affiliations Program for Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

C. Joseph Fisk

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lawrence A Donehower

Affiliations Program for Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Margaret A Goodell

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: goodell@bcm.edu

Affiliations Program for Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America , Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

SMC, LAD, and MAG conceived and designed the experiments. SMC and CG performed the experiments. SMC, CAS, LAD, and MAG analyzed the data. SMC, CAS, CG, CJF, and LAD contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. SMC and MAG wrote the paper.