About the Authors

Tiffany M. Tsang

Contributed equally to this work with: Tiffany M. Tsang, Jeffrey S. Wiese

Current address: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Wiese

Contributed equally to this work with: Tiffany M. Tsang, Jeffrey S. Wiese

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Suleyman Felek

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Malte Kronshage

Affiliation Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Eric S. Krukonis

krukones@udmercy.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMT ESK JSW SF MK. Performed the experiments: TMT JSW SF MK. Analyzed the data: TMT ESK JSW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMT JSW SF MK. Wrote the paper: TMT ESK.