About the Authors

Milen Velinov

milen.velinov@opwdd.ny.gov

Affiliations New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Natalia Dolzhanskaya

Affiliation New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Michael Gonzalez

Affiliation Hussman Institute for Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Eric Powell

Affiliation Hussman Institute for Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Ioanna Konidari

Affiliation Hussman Institute for Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

William Hulme

Affiliation Hussman Institute for Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

John F. Staropoli

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Neurogenetics DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Winnie Xin

Affiliation Neurogenetics DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guang Y. Wen

Affiliation New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Rosemary Barone

Affiliation Neurogenetics DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Scott H. Coppel

Affiliation Neurogenetics DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katherine Sims

Affiliations Neurogenetics DNA Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

W. Ted Brown

Affiliation New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Stephan Züchner

Affiliation Hussman Institute for Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MV SZ. Performed the experiments: ND MG EP IK WH SC. Analyzed the data: MV WB SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV JS WX RB KS GW SZ. Wrote the paper: MV JS WTB SZ.