About the Authors

Joshua M. Gilmore

Current address: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, St. Joseph, MO, 64506, United States of America

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Mihaela E. Sardiu

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Brad D. Groppe

Current address: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, 02451, United States of America

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Janet L. Thornton

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Xingyu Liu

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Gerald Dayebgadoh

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Charles A. Banks

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Brian D. Slaughter

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Jay R. Unruh

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Jerry L. Workman

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Laurence Florens

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America

Michael P. Washburn

mpw@stowers.org

Affiliations Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMG MES BDG JLT XL GD CAB BDS JRU JLW LF MPW. Performed the experiments: JMG MES BDG JLT XL GD BDS JRU. Analyzed the data: JMG MES JLT BDS XL GD JRU LF MPW. Wrote the paper: JMG MES BDS JRU XL GD LF MPW.