About the Authors

Tiara L. A. Kawahara

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Nicole A. Rapicavoli

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicole A. Rapicavoli, Angela R. Wu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Angela R. Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Nicole A. Rapicavoli, Angela R. Wu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Kun Qu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Stephen R. Quake

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Howard Y. Chang

howchang@stanford.edu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLAK NAR ARW HYC. Performed the experiments: TLAK NAR ARW. Analyzed the data: TLAK NAR ARW KQ SRQ HYC. Wrote the paper: TLAK NAR HYC.