About the Authors

Thomas J. Sproule

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

John G. Sled

Affiliation Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Jill Wentzell

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Bing Wang

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

R. Mark Henkelman

Affiliation Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Derry C. Roopenian

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Robert W. Burgess

Robert.burgess@jax.org

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJS JGS RMH DCR RWB. Performed the experiments: TJS JGS JW BW RWB. Analyzed the data: TJS JGS JW BW RMH RWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGS RMH DCR RWB. Wrote the paper: TJS JGS RMH DCR RWB.