About the Authors

Zhila Khalkhali-Ellis

zellis@luriechildrens.org

Affiliations Cancer Biology and Epigenomics, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William Goossens

Affiliation Cancer Biology and Epigenomics, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Naira V. Margaryan

Affiliation Cancer Biology and Epigenomics, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Mary J. C. Hendrix

Affiliations Cancer Biology and Epigenomics, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZK-E. Performed the experiments: ZK-E NM. Analyzed the data: ZK-E. Wrote the paper: ZK-E. Directed the project, read and corrected the manuscript: MJCH. Assisted in confocal microscopy and imaging: WG. Read the manuscript: NM.