About the Authors
- Meenu Jain
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Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Lisa Zhang
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Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Myriem Boufraqech
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Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Yi Liu-Chittenden
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Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Kimberly Bussey
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Affiliation Translational Genomic Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Michael J. Demeure
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Affiliation Translational Genomic Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Xiaolin Wu
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Technology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Ling Su
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Technology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Karel Pacak
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Affiliation Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Constantine A. Stratakis
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Affiliation Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Electron Kebebew
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* E-mail: kebebewe@mail.nih.gov
Affiliation Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Some of the co-authors are employed by a commercial company -SAIC Frederick INC, there is no conflict of interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ LZ EK. Performed the experiments: MJ LZ MB YLC XW LS. Analyzed the data: MJ LZ XW LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ LZ MB KB MJD YLC XW LS. Wrote the paper: MJ LZ MB YLC XW LS KP CAS EK.