About the Authors

Mohammad Abahussin

Affiliations Structural Biophysics Research Group, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Optometry Department, College of Applied Medical Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sally Hayes

Affiliation Structural Biophysics Research Group, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Henry Edelhauser

Affiliation Emory Eye Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Daniel G. Dawson

Affiliations Emory Eye Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, United States of America

Keith M. Meek

meekkm@cf.ac.uk

Affiliation Structural Biophysics Research Group, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Revised the paper for intellectual content: HE DGD. Final approval of the version to be published: SH MA HE DGD KMM. Conceived and designed the experiments: MA KMM HE DGD. Performed the experiments: MA. Analyzed the data: MA KMM SH. Wrote the paper: SH MA KMM.