About the Authors

Mohammad Haeri

Current address: Department of Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Peter D. Calvert

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Eduardo Solessio

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Edward N. Pugh Jr

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Barry E. Knox

knoxb@upstate.edu

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH ENP PDC BEK. Performed the experiments: MH PDC. Analyzed the data: MH PDC ES BEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH PDC BEK. Wrote the paper: MH BEK.