About the Authors

Jennifer L. Hellier

Jennifer.Hellier@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Nicole L. Arevalo

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Lynelle Smith

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Ka-Na Xiong

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Diego Restrepo

Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLH DR. Performed the experiments: JLH NLA LS KNX. Analyzed the data: JLH NLA DR. Wrote the paper: JLH DR.