About the Authors
- Alexa N. Bramall
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Affiliations Program in Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Michael J. Szego
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Affiliations Program in Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Laura R. Pacione
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Affiliations Program in Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Inik Chang
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Eduardo Diez
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Affiliation Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Pedro D'Orleans-Juste
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Duncan J. Stewart
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Affiliation The Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- William W. Hauswirth
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Masashi Yanagisawa
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Roderick R. McInnes
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* E-mail: rod.mcinnes@mcgill.ca
Affiliations Program in Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: W.W.H. and the University of Florida have a financial interest in the use of AAV therapies, and own equity in a company (AGTC Inc.) that might, in the future, commercialize some aspects of this work. As required for submission, the authors would like to add that, ‘this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.’ Additionally, there are currently no patents or patent applications relating to material pertinent to the manuscript.
Author Contributions
Editing: WH. Conceived and designed the experiments: AB RM IC. Performed the experiments: AB IC. Analyzed the data: AB RM MS LP ED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IC MY WH PD DS. Wrote the paper: AB RM.