About the Authors

Roozbeh Khosravi

Contributed equally to this work with: Roozbeh Khosravi, Katharine L. Sodek

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katharine L. Sodek

Contributed equally to this work with: Roozbeh Khosravi, Katharine L. Sodek

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wan-Peng Xu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Manish V. Bais

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Debashree Saxena

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael Faibish

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philip C. Trackman

trackman@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Philip Trackman serves as an Academic Editor for PLOS One. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all of the PLOS One policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCT RK KS. Performed the experiments: RK KS W-PX MF MVB DS. Analyzed the data: RK KS PCT W-PX MVB DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCT. Wrote the paper: RK PCT KS MF.