About the Authors

Andrea E. Knowlton

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Larry J. Fowler

Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Rahul K. Patel

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Shannon M. Wallet

Affiliation Department of Periodontology Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Scott S. Grieshaber

sgriesha@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEK SSG SMW. Performed the experiments: AEK RKP SMW SSG. Analyzed the data: AEK LJF SMW SSG. Wrote the paper: AEK SSG.