About the Authors
- Noah A Rosenberg
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rnoah@umich.edu (NAR); pragna@usc.edu (PIP)
Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Bioinformatics Program, and the Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Saurabh Mahajan
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Affiliation Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Catalina Gonzalez-Quevedo
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Affiliation Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Michael G. B Blum
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Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Bioinformatics Program, and the Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Laura Nino-Rosales
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Vasiliki Ninis
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Parimal Das
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Madhuri Hegde
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¤ Current address: Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Laura Molinari
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Gladys Zapata
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- James L Weber
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Affiliation Center for Medical Genetics, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
- John W Belmont
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Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Pragna I Patel
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rnoah@umich.edu (NAR); pragna@usc.edu (PIP)
Affiliations Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America , Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
NAR and PIP conceived and designed the study. PIP, JWB, CGQ, LNR, PD, VN, MH, and GZ collected the samples. LNR prepared the DNA. CGQ, LM, and GZ created immortalized B-cell lines, under the supervision of JWB and PIP. JLW supervised the genotyping. NAR, SM, and MGBB analyzed the data. NAR and PIP wrote the paper.