About the Authors

Emmanuel Tadjuidje

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Tim Sen Wang

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ram Naresh Pandey

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Saulius Sumanas

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Richard A. Lang

Affiliations Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, The Visual Systems Group, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Rashmi S. Hegde

rashmi.hegde@cchmc.org

Affiliations Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: ET TSW RNP SS RSH. Analyzed the data: ET TSW RNP SS RAL RSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET TSW RNP SS RAL RSH. Wrote the paper: RSH.