About the Authors

Neema P. Mayor

Affiliations Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, UCL Cancer Institute, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom

James Robinson

Affiliations Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, UCL Cancer Institute, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom

Alasdair J. M. McWhinnie

Affiliation Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Swati Ranade

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, United States of America

Kevin Eng

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, United States of America

William Midwinter

Affiliation Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Will P. Bultitude

Affiliation Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Chen-Shan Chin

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, United States of America

Brett Bowman

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, United States of America

Patrick Marks

Affiliation Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, United States of America

Henny Braund

Affiliation Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

J. Alejandro Madrigal

Affiliations Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, UCL Cancer Institute, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom

Katy Latham

Affiliation Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Steven G. E. Marsh

steven.marsh@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, UCL Cancer Institute, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Anthony Nolan Research Institute does not have any conflicts of interest to declare. SR, KE, C-SC, and BB are or were employees of Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., a company commercializing DNA sequencing technologies at the time that this work was completed. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPM JR AJMM SR KE C-SC HB JAM KL SGEM. Performed the experiments: NPM JR AJMM KE WM WPB C-SC BB PM. Analyzed the data: NPM JR AJMM SR KE WM WPB C-SC BB PM HB JAM KL SGEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR C-SC HB JAM KL SGEM. Wrote the paper: NPM JR AJMM SR KE WM WPB C-SC BB PM HB JAM KL SGEM.