About the Authors

Linda T. Doan

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Anna L. Javier

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Nicole M. Furr

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Kevin L. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Ken W. Cho

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Edwin S. Monuki

emonuki@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LTD ESM KWC. Performed the experiments: LTD ALJ NMF KLN. Analyzed the data: LTD ESM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LTD ALJ KWC ESM. Wrote the paper: LTD ESM.