About the Authors

Gene O Bryant

Affiliation Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Vidya Prabhu

Affiliation Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Monique Floer

Affiliation Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Xin Wang

Affiliation Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Dan Spagna

Affiliation Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

David Schreiber

¤ Current address: Department of Radiation Oncology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Mark Ptashne

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m-ptashne@mskcc.org

Affiliation Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

G. O. Bryant, V. Prabhu, M. Floer, X. Wang, and M. Ptashne conceived and designed the experiments. G. O. Bryant, V. Prabhu, M. Floer, D. Spagna, and D. Schreiber performed the experiments. G. O. Bryant and V. Prabhu analyzed the data. contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. G. O. Bryant, V. Prabhu, M. Floer, X. Wang, and M. Ptashne wrote the paper.