About the Authors

Zsolt Toth

ztoth@dental.ufl.edu (ZT); jaeujung@med.usc.edu (JUJ)

Current address: Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, and UF Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bernadett Papp

Current address: Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, and UF Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kevin Brulois

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Youn Jung Choi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shou-Jiang Gao

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jae U. Jung

ztoth@dental.ufl.edu (ZT); jaeujung@med.usc.edu (JUJ)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZT BP JUJ. Performed the experiments: ZT BP. Analyzed the data: ZT BP JUJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZT BP KB YJC SJG JUJ. Wrote the paper: ZT BP JUJ.