About the Authors

Joy A. Umbach

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Katrina L. Adams

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Cameron B. Gundersen

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bennett G. Novitch

bnovitch@ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAU KLA CBG BGN. Performed the experiments: JAU KLA. Analyzed the data: JAU CBG BGN. Wrote the paper: JAU CBG BGN.