About the Authors

Swetha Tati

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Peter Davidow

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Andrew McCall

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Elizabeth Hwang-Wong

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Isolde G. Rojas

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Brendan Cormack

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mira Edgerton

edgerto@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST BC ME. Performed the experiments: ST EHW PD IGR AM. Analyzed the data: ST PD ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BC ME. Wrote the paper: ST BC ME.