About the Authors
- Jules A. Nchoutmboube
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jules A. Nchoutmboube, Ekaterina G. Viktorova
Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Ekaterina G. Viktorova
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jules A. Nchoutmboube, Ekaterina G. Viktorova
Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Alison J. Scott
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Affiliation University of Maryland, School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Lauren A. Ford
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Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Zhengtong Pei
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Current address: Department of Pathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, United States of America.
Affiliation Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Paul A. Watkins
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Affiliation Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Robert K. Ernst
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Affiliation University of Maryland, School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- George A. Belov
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* E-mail: gbelov@umd.edu
Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GAB PAW RKE AJS. Performed the experiments: JAN EGV AJS LAF ZP GAB. Analyzed the data: GAB PAW AJS RKE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAB RKE PAW. Wrote the paper: GAB.