About the Authors

Yong-hui Jiang

yong-hui.jiang@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics and Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Yanzhen Pan

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

Li Zhu

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics and Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Luis Landa

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

Jong Yoo

Affiliation Neurogenetics Laboratory of Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Corinne Spencer

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

Isabel Lorenzo

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

Murray Brilliant

Current address: Center for Human Genetics, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Jeffrey Noebels

Affiliation Neurogenetics Laboratory of Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Arthur L. Beaudet

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: YhJ ALB. Performed the experiments: YhJ YP LZ LL JY IL MHB JLN. Analyzed the data: YhJ YP LZ CMS MHB JLN ALB. Wrote the paper: YhJ.