About the Authors

Richard J. B. Francis

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Rangos Research Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Discipline of Biomedical Sciences and Molecular Biology; College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Jovenal T. San Agustin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Heather L. Szabo Rogers

Roles Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Rangos Research Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cheng Cui

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Rangos Research Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Julie A. Jonassen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thibaut Eguether

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

John A. Follit

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cecilia W. Lo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cel36@pitt.edu (CWL); gregory.pazour@umassmed.edu (GJP)

Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Rangos Research Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gregory J. Pazour

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cel36@pitt.edu (CWL); gregory.pazour@umassmed.edu (GJP)

Affiliation Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.