About the Authors

Andres Acosta

Contributed equally to this work with: Andres Acosta, Maria D. Hurtado

Affiliation Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Maria D. Hurtado

Contributed equally to this work with: Andres Acosta, Maria D. Hurtado

Affiliation Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Oleg Gorbatyuk

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Michael La Sala

Affiliation Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

David Duncan

Affiliation Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

George Aslanidi

Affiliation Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Martha Campbell-Thompson

Affiliation Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Lei Zhang

Affiliation Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

Herbert Herzog

Affiliation Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia

Antonis Voutetakis

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bruce J. Baum

Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sergei Zolotukhin

szlt@ufl.edu

Affiliation Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ AA MDH OG BJB. Performed the experiments: AA MDH OG MLS DD MC-T LZ AV. Analyzed the data: SZ AA MDH OG GA HH AV BJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH BJB. Wrote the paper: SZ AA MDH HH BJB