About the Authors
- Laura Breda
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Blood and Cancer Foundation Laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Carla Casu
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Blood and Cancer Foundation Laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Sara Gardenghi
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Blood and Cancer Foundation Laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Nicoletta Bianchi
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita' di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Luca Cartegni
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Mohandas Narla
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Affiliation Red Cell Physiology Laboratory, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Karina Yazdanbakhsh
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Affiliation Red Cell Physiology Laboratory, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Marco Musso
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Affiliation Centro della Microcitemia e Anemie Congenite, Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy
- Deepa Manwani
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Jane Little
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Lawrence B. Gardner
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Dorothy A. Kleinert
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Blood and Cancer Foundation Laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Eugenia Prus
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hadassah–Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Eitan Fibach
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hadassah–Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Robert W. Grady
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Blood and Cancer Foundation Laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Patricia J. Giardina
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Blood and Cancer Foundation Laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Roberto Gambari
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Affiliation Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita' di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Stefano Rivella
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* E-mail: str2010@med.cornell.edu
Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children's Blood and Cancer Foundation Laboratories, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
S. Rivella is a consultant for Novartis. In addition, he is a co-inventor for the patents US8058061 B2 C12N 20111115 and US7541179 B2 C12N 20090602. The consulting work and intellectual property of S. Rivella did not affect in any way the design, conduct, or reporting of this research. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LB SR SG MN EF LC LBG. Performed the experiments: LB CC SG MM RWG EP NB. Analyzed the data: LB SR RWG EP EF NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG NB EF EP LC KY MM DM JL LBG DAK PJG RWG. Wrote the paper: LB SR.