About the Authors

Abhinav K. Jain

Affiliation Program in Genes and Development, Center for Stem Cell and Development Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kendra Allton

Affiliation Program in Genes and Development, Center for Stem Cell and Development Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michelina Iacovino

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Elisabeth Mahen

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Robert J. Milczarek

Affiliation Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Thomas P. Zwaka

Affiliation Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael Kyba

Affiliation Lillehei Heart Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Michelle Craig Barton

mbarton@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Program in Genes and Development, Center for Stem Cell and Development Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: AKJ MCB. Performed the experiments: AKJ KA RJM. Analyzed the data: AKJ MCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI EM MK TPZ. Wrote the paper: AKJ MCB.