The authors are thankful to Judson Partin for helpful discussion and for critiquing a preliminary draft of this manuscript along with Deb Willard.
SZ carried out the microbial transformation experiments, purified all the metabolites, interpreted the spectroscopic data and prepared the preliminary draft of the manuscript.
AG and EM gathered the data and revised the preliminary draft of the manuscript.
CP contributed to the design and management of the study, analysis of the results and prepared the preliminary draft of the manuscript.
Contributors MGW designed the review, MGW wrote the preliminary draft of the manuscript and all authors supplied comments and corrections, MGW and SS are the guarantors.
PN reviewed and revised a preliminary draft of the manuscript, provided guidance about the study's analytical approach, and helped design sampling activities as part of the MAPS network.
CY conducted the expression array studies, collated all data, performed biostatistical and informatic analyses, interpreted all results, generated all figures and tables pertaining to the expression array studies, and produced a preliminary draft of the manuscript.
CY carried out all the RNA expression array studies, collated all data and performed the biostatistical and informatic analyses, interpreted all the results and generated all the figures and tables pertaining to the expression array studies, and produced a preliminary draft of the manuscript.
RR and NM participated in the preliminary drafting of the manuscript, data collection, management and statistical analyses.
The Records also include correspondence concerning Committee administrative matters, publication, and business arrangements, comments on Common Cause and the preliminary draft of the Constitution, and miscellaneous manuscript materials.
