About the Authors

Linyan Meng

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard Erwin Person

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wei Huang

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ping Jun Zhu

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mauro Costa-Mattioli

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Arthur L. Beaudet

abeaudet@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM ALB. Performed the experiments: LM REP WH PJZ. Analyzed the data: LM WH PJZ MCM. Wrote the paper: LM MCM ALB.