About the Authors

Stephen Lyle

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathleen Hoover

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cansu Colpan

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zhiqing Zhu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zdenka Matijasevic

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stephen N. Jones

stephen.jones@umassmed.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ. Performed the experiments: KH CC ZZ SJ. Analyzed the data: SL KH CC ZZ ZM SJ. Wrote the paper: SL ZM SJ. Reviewed the manuscript: SL KH CC ZZ ZM SJ.