About the Authors

Juan Amaral

Affiliation Mechanism of Retinal Diseases Section, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jung Wha Lee

Affiliation Mechanism of Retinal Diseases Section, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joshua Chou

Affiliation Mechanism of Retinal Diseases Section, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Maria M. Campos

Affiliation Biological Imaging Core, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ignacio R. Rodríguez

rodriguezi@nei.nih.gov

Affiliation Mechanism of Retinal Diseases Section, Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA IRR. Performed the experiments: JA MMC JC JWL IRR. Analyzed the data: JA JC JWL IRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IRR. Wrote the paper: IRR JA.