About the Authors

Shauna H. Yuan

Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jody Martin

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jeanne Elia

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jessica Flippin

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Rosanto I. Paramban

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Mike P. Hefferan

Affiliation Anesthesiology Research Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jason G. Vidal

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Yangling Mu

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

Rhiannon L. Killian

Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Mason A. Israel

Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Nil Emre

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Silvia Marsala

Affiliation Anesthesiology Research Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Martin Marsala

Affiliations Anesthesiology Research Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia

Fred H. Gage

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

Lawrence S. B. Goldstein

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christian T. Carson

christian_carson@bd.com

Affiliation BD Biosciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

JE, NE, RIP, JGV and CTC own stock in Becton, Dickinson and Company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTC SHY LSBG. Performed the experiments: CTC JE RIP SHY JM JF MPH JGV YM RLK MAI NE SM MM. Analyzed the data: CTC JE RIP SHY JM JF MPH JGV YM RLK MAI NE SM MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTC MM. Wrote the paper: CTC SHY LSBG. Conceived the project: CTC. Performed proof of principle experiments: CTC JE RIP. Supervised YM: FHG. Edited the manuscript: NE RN FHG.