About the Authors

Shobi Veleri

Affiliation Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory (N-NRL), National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kevin Bishop

Affiliation National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Damian E. Dalle Nogare

Affiliation National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Milton A. English

Affiliations Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory (N-NRL), National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Trevor J. Foskett

Affiliation Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory (N-NRL), National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ajay Chitnis

Affiliation National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Raman Sood

Affiliation National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paul Liu

Affiliation National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Anand Swaroop

swaroopa@nei.nih.gov

Affiliation Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory (N-NRL), National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV MAE AC RS AS. Performed the experiments: SV KB DDN MAE TJF. Analyzed the data: SV MAE DDN AC RS PL AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SV MAE AC RS PL AS. Wrote the paper: SV AC RS AS.