About the Authors

Phimon Atsawasuwan

Affiliations Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics, Department of Oral Biology University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Orthodontics University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Xuanyu Lu

Affiliation Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics, Department of Oral Biology University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yoshihiro Ito

Affiliation Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics, Department of Oral Biology University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Youbin Zhang

Affiliation Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics, Department of Oral Biology University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Carla A. Evans

Affiliation Department of Orthodontics University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Xianghong Luan

luan@uic.edu

Affiliations Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics, Department of Oral Biology University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Orthodontics University of Illinois College of Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X.Luan. Performed the experiments: PA YI X.Lu YZ. Analyzed the data: PA X.Lu. Wrote the paper: PA CE X.Luan.