About the Authors

Qiuying Shen

Affiliations Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas Fuchs

Affiliations Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nadia Sahir

Affiliations Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bernhard Luscher

BXL25@psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QS TF NS BL. Performed the experiments: QS TF NS. Analyzed the data: QS TF NS BL. Wrote the paper: QS TF BL.