About the Authors

Manish V. Bais

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matthew A. Nugent

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Danielle N. Stephens

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

S. Selva Sume

Affiliation Division of Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathrin H. Kirsch

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gail E. Sonenshein

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philip C. Trackman

trackman@bu.edu

Affiliations Division of Oral Biology, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCT MVB MAN. Performed the experiments: MVB SSS DNS MAN. Analyzed the data: MVB PCT GES KHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MVB SSS DNS MAN KHK. Wrote the paper: MVB PCT. All authors critically reviewed and approved the manuscript.