About the Authors

Catherine E. Smith

Affiliation Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Marc L. Mendillo

Current address: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research,Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Affiliation Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nikki Bowen

Affiliation Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Hans Hombauer

Current address: German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.

Affiliation Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christopher S. Campbell

Affiliation Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Arshad Desai

Affiliations Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Moores-UCSD Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christopher D. Putnam

Affiliations Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Richard D. Kolodner

rkolodner@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Moores-UCSD Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Institute of Genomic Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CES MLM NB HH CSC CDP RDK. Performed the experiments: CES MLM NB HH CSC CDP. Analyzed the data: CES MLM HH CSC AD CDP RDK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB CDP. Wrote the paper: CES MLM NB HH CSC AD CDP RDK.