About the Authors

Dominic Grün

Affiliation Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Yi-Lu Wang

Affiliation Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

David Langenberger

Affiliation Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Kristin C Gunsalus

Affiliation Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Nikolaus Rajewsky

Affiliation Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

DG and NR conceived and designed the experiments. DG and NR performed the experiments. DG, DL, and NR analyzed the data. KCG analyzed and discussed miR-210 targets. YLW and NR contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. DG, KCG, and NR wrote the paper.