About the Authors

Mohamed Elfatih H. Bashir

mbashir@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliations Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jason M. Ward

Affiliations Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Matthew Cummings

Affiliation Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Eltayeb E. Karrar

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael Root

Affiliation Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Abu Bekr A. Mohamed

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert M. Naclerio

Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Daphne Preuss

Affiliations Division of the Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Chromatin, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Daphne Preuss left the University of Chicago to work at Chromatin, Inc., 3440 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois,60616, United States of America. Dr. Jason M. Ward was Post-doctoral scholar at the University of Chicago. Now he works at Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway North, St. Louis, Missouri 63017, United States of America. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEHB DP. Performed the experiments: MEHB JMW MC EEK MR ABAM. Analyzed the data: MEHB JMW MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP RMN. Wrote the paper: MEHB JMW MC.