About the Authors

Barbara A. Weissenmayer

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara A. Weissenmayer, James G. D. Prendergast

Affiliation UCD Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, Dublin, Ireland

James G. D. Prendergast

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara A. Weissenmayer, James G. D. Prendergast

Affiliation MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Amanda J. Lohan

Affiliation UCD Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, Dublin, Ireland

Brendan J. Loftus

brendan.loftus@ucd.ie

Affiliation UCD Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAW BJL. Performed the experiments: BAW AJL. Analyzed the data: BAW JGDP BJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGDP AJL. Wrote the paper: BAW JGDP BJL. Critical reading of the manuscript: AJL.