About the Authors

Steven Raft

rafts@nidcd.nih.gov (SR); wud@nidcd.nih.gov (DKW)

Affiliation Section on Sensory Cell Regeneration and Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas M. Coate

Affiliation Laboratory of Cochlear Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew W. Kelley

Affiliation Laboratory of Cochlear Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

E. Bryan Crenshaw III

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Doris K. Wu

rafts@nidcd.nih.gov (SR); wud@nidcd.nih.gov (DKW)

Affiliation Section on Sensory Cell Regeneration and Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR. Performed the experiments: SR TMC. Analyzed the data: SR TMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWK EBC. Wrote the paper: SR. Designed ChIP experiments: TMC SR. Assisted in study design: DKW.