About the Authors

Ali Khoshnan

khoshnan@caltech.edu

Affiliation Biology Division 216-76, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Jan Ko

Affiliation Biology Division 216-76, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Simona Tescu

Affiliation Biology Division 216-76, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Patrick Brundin

Affiliation Neuronal Survival Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden

Paul H. Patterson

Affiliation Biology Division 216-76, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK. Performed the experiments: AK ST. Analyzed the data: AK JK PHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB. Wrote the paper: AK PHP.