About the Authors
- Erika S. Wittchen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Erika S. Wittchen, Eiichi Nishimura
Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Eiichi Nishimura
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Contributed equally to this work with: Erika S. Wittchen, Eiichi Nishimura
Affiliations Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
- Manabu McCloskey
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Affiliation Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Haibo Wang
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Affiliation Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Lawrence A. Quilliam
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Magdalena Chrzanowska-Wodnicka
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Affiliation Blood Research Institute, Blood Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
- M. Elizabeth Hartnett
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* E-mail: ME.Hartnett@hsc.utah.edu
Affiliation Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors note here that M. Elizabeth Hartnett is an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. However, 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: ESW MEH. Performed the experiments: ESW EN MM HW. Analyzed the data: ESW EN MM HW MEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAQ MCW. Wrote the paper: ESW EN MM MEH.