About the Authors

Clint L. Makino

cmakino@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiao-Hong Wen

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Norman A. Michaud

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Henry I. Covington

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Emmanuele DiBenedetto

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Heidi E. Hamm

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Janis Lem

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Program in Genetics, Program in Neuroscience, Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Giovanni Caruso

Affiliation Construction Technologies Institute, National Research Council, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLM. Performed the experiments: CLM XHW NAM HIC. Analyzed the data: CLM XHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ED JL HEH GC. Wrote the paper: CLM. Applied analytical tool: ED HEH GC.