About the Authors

Anthony M. Oliva

Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony M. Oliva, Ernesto Salcedo

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Ernesto Salcedo

Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony M. Oliva, Ernesto Salcedo

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jennifer L. Hellier

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Xuan Ly

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Kanthaiah Koka

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Daniel J. Tollin

Affiliations Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Diego Restrepo

Diego.Restrepo@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Medical School, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMO ES JLH KK DJT DR. Performed the experiments: AMO ES JLH KK. Analyzed the data: AMO ES JLH XL KK DJT DR. Wrote the paper: AMO DR.