About the Authors

Maria C. N. Marchetto

Affiliation The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Laboratory of Genetics, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Gene W. Yeo

Affiliation University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Stem Cell Program, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Osamu Kainohana

Affiliation University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Martin Marsala

Affiliation University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Fred H. Gage

Affiliation The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Laboratory of Genetics, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Alysson R. Muotri

muotri@ucsd.edu

Affiliation University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Stem Cell Program, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM ARM. Performed the experiments: MM OK MM ARM. Analyzed the data: MM GY ARM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GY FHG ARM. Wrote the paper: MM FHG ARM. Financial Support for the project: FHG.