About the Authors

Nana N. Takasu

Affiliation Laboratory of Oral Chronobiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Julie S. Pendergast

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Cathya S. Olivas

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Shin Yamazaki

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Wataru Nakamura

wataru@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Oral Chronobiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan

Competing Interests

SY is an academic editor at PLOS ONE. This does not alter the author's adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Other authors declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY WN. Performed the experiments: NNT JSP CSO SY WN. Analyzed the data: NNT WN. Wrote the paper: JSP SY WN.