About the Authors

Catherine Moorwood

Current address: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Olga Lozynska

Affiliation Penn Center for Molecular Discovery, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Neha Suri

Current address: Global Prior Art, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrew D. Napper

Current address: High-Throughput Screening and Drug Discovery Lab, Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

Affiliation Penn Center for Molecular Discovery, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Scott L. Diamond

Affiliation Penn Center for Molecular Discovery, Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tejvir S. Khurana

tsk@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: CM, OL, NS, ADN, SLD and TSK are authors on patents relating to utrophin promoter activity upregulation for treatment of muscular dystrophy, owned by the University of Pennsylvania.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM OL NS ADN SLD TSK. Performed the experiments: CM OL NS. Analyzed the data: CM OL NS ADN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADN SLD TSK. Wrote the paper: CM.