About the Authors

Daijun Ling

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Ho-Juhn Song

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Pathway, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dan Garza

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Molecular Pathway, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas P. Neufeld

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Paul M. Salvaterra

psalv@coh.org

Affiliations Division of Neuroscience, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Graduate School of Biological Science, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL PMS. Performed the experiments: DL. Analyzed the data: DL PMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DL HJS DG TN PMS. Wrote the paper: DL PMS. Provided experimental suggestions: HJS DG TN.