About the Authors

Marzia Scortegagna

Affiliation Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Hyungsoo Kim

Affiliation Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jian-Liang Li

Affiliation Proteomics Facility, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Hang Yao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Laurence M. Brill

Affiliation Proteomics Facility, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jaeseok Han

Affiliation Degenerative Diseases Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eric Lau

Affiliation Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

David Bowtell

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Cancer Genomics and Genetics, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Gabriel Haddad

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Randal J. Kaufman

rkaufman@sbmri.org (RJK); ronai@sbmri.org (ZAR)

Affiliation Degenerative Diseases Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ze'ev A. Ronai

rkaufman@sbmri.org (RJK); ronai@sbmri.org (ZAR)

Affiliation Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Cancer Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS HK EL HY LMB GH ZAR. Performed the experiments: MS HK EL HY LMB GH. Analyzed the data: MS HK EL JLL HY LMB GH ZAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH RJK DB JLL. Wrote the paper: MS HK ZAR RJK.