About the Authors

Gaël Manes

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaël Manes, Pallavi Cheguru

gael.manes@inserm.fr

Affiliations Inserm U1051, Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Pallavi Cheguru

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaël Manes, Pallavi Cheguru

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Anurima Majumder

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Béatrice Bocquet

Affiliations Inserm U1051, Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Audrey Sénéchal

Affiliations Inserm U1051, Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Nikolai O. Artemyev

Affiliations Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Christian P. Hamel

Affiliations Inserm U1051, Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, CHRU, Genetics of Sensory Diseases, Montpellier, France

Philippe Brabet

Affiliations Inserm U1051, Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM NOA CPH PB. Performed the experiments: GM PC AM PB. Analyzed the data: GM PC NOA CPH PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM PC AM BB AS PB. Wrote the paper: GM NOA CPH PB.