About the Authors

Shinji Kataoka

Contributed equally to this work with: Shinji Kataoka, Arian Baquero

Current address: Division of Anatomy, Department of Biosciences, Science of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental College, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Arian Baquero

Contributed equally to this work with: Shinji Kataoka, Arian Baquero

Current address: Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Depatment of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Dan Yang

Current address: Center for Molecular Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicole Shultz

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Aurelie Vandenbeuch

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Depatment of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Katya Ravid

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sue C. Kinnamon

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Depatment of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Thomas E. Finger

Tom.Finger@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK KR SCK TEF. Performed the experiments: SK AB DY NS AV SCK TEF. Analyzed the data: SK AB NS AV SCK TEF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR. Wrote the paper: SK AB KR SCK TEF.