About the Authors

Shannath L. Merbs

smerbs@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Miriam A. Khan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Laszlo Hackler Jr

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Verity F. Oliver

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jun Wan

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jiang Qian

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Donald J. Zack

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Neuroscience, and Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Institut de la Vision, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLM MAK LH DJZ. Performed the experiments: SLM MAK LH. Analyzed the data: SLM MAK LH VFO JW JQ DJZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW JQ. Wrote the paper: SLM MAK LH VFO JW JQ DJZ.