About the Authors
- Xiuchun Ge
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Affiliation Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Todd Kitten
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Affiliations Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Cindy L. Munro
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Affiliation Department of Adult Health Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Daniel H. Conrad
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Ping Xu
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* E-mail: pxu@vcu.edu
Affiliations Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PX. Performed the experiments: XG TK CLM PX. Analyzed the data: XG TK CLM DC PX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC PX. Wrote the paper: XG PX.