About the Authors

Mohamed Elfatih H. Bashir

mbashir@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

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

Jan Hsi Lui

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

Ravishankar Palnivelu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Division of the Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, The School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Robert M. Naclerio

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

Daphne Preuss

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

Competing Interests

Daphne Preuss is employed by Chromatin, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP RP MEHB. Performed the experiments: JHL MEHB. Analyzed the data: MEHB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN DP. Wrote the paper: MEHB.