About the Authors

Yun-Jong Park

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jin Koh

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Adrienne E. Gauna

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sixue Chen

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biology, UF Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Seunghee Cha

scha@dental.ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YP JK AG S. Chen S. Cha. Performed the experiments: YP JK. Analyzed the data: JP JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YP JK AG S. Chen. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YP JK AG S. Cha.