About the Authors

Idan Cohen

Affiliations The Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Ramon Y. Birnbaum

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Keren Leibson

Affiliations The Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Ran Taube

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Sara Sivan

Affiliations The Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Ohad S. Birk

obirk@bgu.ac.il

Affiliations The Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Genetics Institute, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IC RYB SS OSB. Performed the experiments: IC KL RT. Analyzed the data: IC RYB SS OSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT OSB. Wrote the paper: IC OSB.