About the Authors

Ziyang Yu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ziyang Yu, Seiichi Sato

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

Seiichi Sato

Contributed equally to this work with: Ziyang Yu, Seiichi Sato

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

Philip C. Trackman

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

gail.sonenshein@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Tufts 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: ZY SS KHK PCT GES. Performed the experiments: ZY SS. Analyzed the data: ZY SS KHK PCT GES. Wrote the paper: ZY SS GES. Gave final approval: ZY SS KHK PCT GES.