About the Authors

Matthew J. Cooper

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nathan J. Cox

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Eric I. Zimmerman

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian J. Dewar

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

James S. Duncan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Martin C. Whittle

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Thien A. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Lauren S. Jones

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sreerupa Ghose Roy

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

David M. Smalley

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Pei Fen Kuan

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kristy L. Richards

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard I. Christopherson

Affiliation School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jian Jin

Affiliation Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Stephen V. Frye

Affiliation Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Gary L. Johnson

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Albert S. Baldwin

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Lee M. Graves

lmg@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

We would like to declare that one of the co-authors of this manuscript, Kristy L. Richards, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJC EIZ JSD MCW GLJ ASB LMG. Performed the experiments: MJC NJC EIZ BJD JSD MCW TAN LSJ SGR. Analyzed the data: MJC NJC EIZ DMS PFK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMS KLR RIC JJ SVF GLJ ASB LMG. Wrote the paper: MJC LMG.