About the Authors

Ronna Hertzano

rhertzano@smail.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ran Elkon

Affiliation Division of Gene Regulation, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kiyoto Kurima

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Section, Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Annie Morrisson

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Siaw-Lin Chan

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michelle Sallin

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew Biedlingmaier

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Douglas S. Darling

Affiliation Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation and Center for Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Andrew J. Griffith

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Section, Otolaryngology Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

David J. Eisenman

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott E. Strome

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH RE SES. Performed the experiments: RH RE KK AM S-LC MS AB DJE. Analyzed the data: RH RE KK S-LC AJG DJE SES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSD AJG. Wrote the paper: RH RE AJG DJE SES.