About the Authors

Xinjie Xu

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Rajendra Kedlaya

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Hitoshi Higuchi

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Sakae Ikeda

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Monica J. Justice

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

Vijayasaradhi Setaluri

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Akihiro Ikeda

aikeda@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XX SI VS AI. Performed the experiments: XX RK HH SI MJJ AI. Analyzed the data: XX HH SI VS AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK MJJ VS AI. Wrote the paper: XX SI MJJ VS AI.