About the Authors

Marzia Mura

Contributed equally to this work with: Marzia Mura, Serena Cappato

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

Serena Cappato

Contributed equally to this work with: Marzia Mura, Serena Cappato

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genova and CEBR, Genova, Italy

Francesca Giacopelli

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genova and CEBR, Genova, Italy

Roberto Ravazzolo

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genova and CEBR, Genova, Italy

Renata Bocciardi

bocciardi@unige.it

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genova and CEBR, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM RB. Performed the experiments: MM SC. Analyzed the data: MM FG RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG. Wrote the paper: MM RR RB.