About the Authors

Morgan A. Sammons

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Amanda K. Antons

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mourad Bendjennat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bjarne Udd

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Folkhalsan Institute of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland, Neuromuscular Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital and Medical School, Tampere, Finland, Department of Neurology, Vasa Central Hospital, Vasa, Finland

Ralf Krahe

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Andrew J. Link

andrew.link@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAS AJL. Performed the experiments: MAS AKA. Analyzed the data: MAS AJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAS AKA MB BU RK. Wrote the paper: MAS AJL.