About the Authors

Christoph Seiler

Current Address: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nichole Gebhart

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yong Zhang

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Susan A. Shinton

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yue-sheng Li

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nicola L. Ross

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xingjun Liu

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Qin Li

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alison N. Bilbee

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gaurav K. Varshney

Affiliation Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew C. LaFave

Affiliation Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shawn M. Burgess

Affiliation Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jorune Balciuniene

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Darius Balciunas

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Richard R. Hardy

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dietmar J. Kappes

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David L. Wiest

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer Rhodes

jennifer.rhodes@fccc.edu

Affiliation Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR CS YZ DLW DJK RRH DB SMB. Performed the experiments: CS NG YZ SAS YL NLR XL QL ANB GKV SMB JB JR. Analyzed the data: CS MCL JR DLW DJK RRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR GKV MCL SMB DB RRH. Wrote the paper: JR CS DLW DJK RRH DB MCL GKV SMB.