About the Authors

Utpal Basu

Contributed equally to this work with: Utpal Basu, Olga Lozynska, Catherine Moorwood

Current address: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India

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

Olga Lozynska

Contributed equally to this work with: Utpal Basu, Olga Lozynska, Catherine Moorwood

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

Catherine Moorwood

Contributed equally to this work with: Utpal Basu, Olga Lozynska, Catherine Moorwood

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

Gopal Patel

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

Steve D. Wilton

Affiliation Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Tejvir S. Khurana

tsk@mail.med.upenn.edu.

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

Competing Interests

A patent has been filed by The Trustees of University of Pennsylvania on this topic (WO/2009/134710: Methods for Enhancing Utrophin Production via Inhibition of Microrna). 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: UB OL CM GP SDW TSK. Performed the experiments: UB OL CM GP. Analyzed the data: UB OL CM GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDW. Wrote the paper: UB CM TSK.