About the Authors

Ersin Akinci

Current address: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Anannya Banga

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Katie Tungatt

Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Joanna Segal

Affiliations Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Daniel Eberhard

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

James R. Dutton

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jonathan M. W. Slack

slack017@umn.edu

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA KT JS DE JRD JMWS. Performed the experiments: EA AB KT JS DE. Analyzed the data: EA AB KT JS JMWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DE JRD. Wrote the manuscript: EA JMWS.