About the Authors

Lianyi Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lianyi Zhang, Catherine A. Butler, Hasnah S. G. Khan

Affiliation Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Catherine A. Butler

Contributed equally to this work with: Lianyi Zhang, Catherine A. Butler, Hasnah S. G. Khan

Affiliation Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Hasnah S. G. Khan

Contributed equally to this work with: Lianyi Zhang, Catherine A. Butler, Hasnah S. G. Khan

Affiliation Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Stuart G. Dashper

Affiliation Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Christine A. Seers

Affiliation Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Paul D. Veith

Affiliation Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jian-Guo Zhang

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Eric C. Reynolds

e.reynolds@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ CAB SGD ECR. Performed the experiments: LZ CAB HSGK CAS PDV J-GZ. Analyzed the data: LZ CAB SGD CAS PDV J-GZ ECR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ECR. Wrote the paper: LZ CAB SGD ECR.