About the Authors

Melissa Pynnonen

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Pynnonen, Rachel E. Stephenson

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Rachel E. Stephenson

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Pynnonen, Rachel E. Stephenson

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Kelly Schwartz

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Margarita Hernandez

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Blaise R. Boles

brboles@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP RES BRB. Performed the experiments: MP RES MH KS BRB. Analyzed the data: RES MH KS BRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP RES MH KS BRB. Wrote the paper: MP BRB.