About the Authors

Jessica M. Skeie

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Omics Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

C. Nathaniel Roybal

‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Vinit B. Mahajan

vinit-mahajan@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Omics Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VBM CNR JS. Performed the experiments: VBM JS. Analyzed the data: VBM JS CNR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VBM. Wrote the paper: VBM JS CNR.