About the Authors

Xinming Zhuo

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Mohammad Haeri

Current address: Department of Molecular & Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Eduardo Solessio

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Barry E. Knox

knoxb@upstate.edu

Affiliation Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XZ MH BEK. Performed the experiments: XZ MH. Analyzed the data: XZ MH ES BEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ MH BEK. Wrote the manuscript: XZ MH BEK.