About the Authors

Joshua W. Vincentz

Affiliation Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Beth A. Firulli

Affiliation Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Andrea Lin

Affiliation Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Douglas B. Spicer

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Marthe J. Howard

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences and Program in Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Anthony B. Firulli

tfirulli@iupui.edu

Affiliation Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatrics Cardiology, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWV ABF. Performed the experiments: JWV BAF MJH AL. Analyzed the data: JWV MJH ABF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWV DBS ABF. Wrote the paper: JWV BAF MJH ABF.