About the Authors

Hongen Wei

Affiliations Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, New York, United States of America, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Carl Dobkin

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, New York, United States of America

Ashfaq M. Sheikh

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, New York, United States of America

Mazhar Malik

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, New York, United States of America

W. Ted Brown

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, New York, United States of America

Xiaohong Li

xiaohongli99@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL. Performed the experiments: HW CD AS. Analyzed the data: MM WTB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD. Wrote the paper: XL.