About the Authors
- Qiana L. Matthews
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Affiliations Division of Human Gene Therapy, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Aiman Fatima
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Affiliation Division of Human Gene Therapy, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Yizhe Tang
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Affiliations Division of Human Gene Therapy, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Vision Science Graduate Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Brian A. Perry
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Affiliation Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, United States of America
- Yuko Tsuruta
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Svetlana Komarova
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Affiliation Division of Human Gene Therapy, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Laura Timares
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Chunxia Zhao
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Affiliation Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Natalia Makarova
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Affiliation Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Anton V. Borovjagin
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Affiliation Institute of Oral Health Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Phoebe L. Stewart
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Affiliation Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Hongju Wu
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Affiliation Division of Human Gene Therapy, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Jerry L. Blackwell
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Affiliation Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- David T. Curiel
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* E-mail: curiel@uab.edu
Affiliation Division of Human Gene Therapy, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: QLM YT YT SK LT PLS HW JLB DC. Performed the experiments: QLM AF YT BAP YT SK LT CZ NM. Analyzed the data: QLM YT SK LT PLS HW JLB DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVB JLB DC. Wrote the paper: QLM NM AVB. Generated the viral construct related to this project: AF BP SK. Helped with the design of the viral constructs: YT. Helped with in vitro as well as in vivo experiments: YT SK. Helped with viral construction: CZ NM. Helped with vector design: AB PS HJ JB. Contributed to the critical reading related to this project: DTC.