About the Authors
- Cheng Cui
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Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Bishwanath Chatterjee
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Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Thomas P. Lozito
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Affiliation Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Zhen Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Richard J. Francis
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Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Hisato Yagi
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Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Lisa M. Swanhart
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Current address: Department of Biology, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, United States of America.
Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Subramaniam Sanker
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Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Deanne Francis
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Affiliation Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Qing Yu
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Affiliation Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Jovenal T. San Agustin
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Chandrakala Puligilla
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Current address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.
Affiliation Section on Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Tania Chatterjee
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Affiliation Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Terry Tansey
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Affiliation Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Xiaoqin Liu
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Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Matthew W. Kelley
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Affiliation Section on Developmental Neuroscience, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Elias T. Spiliotis
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Adam V. Kwiatkowski
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Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Rocky Tuan
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Affiliation Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Gregory J. Pazour
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Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Neil A. Hukriede
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Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Cecilia W. Lo
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* E-mail: cel36@pitt.edu
Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: CC CWL. Performed the experiments: CC BC TPL ZZ RJF HY LMA SS DF QY JTS CP TC TT XL. Analyzed the data: CC BC TPL ZZ RJF HY LMA SS MWK ETS AVK GJP NAH CWL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWK ETS AVK RT GJP NAH CWL. Wrote the paper: CC CWL.