About the Authors
- Mohamed Elfatih H. Bashir
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* E-mail: 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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Michael Root
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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
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Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Robert M. Naclerio
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Affiliation Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Daphne Preuss
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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.