About the Authors

Hong Cao

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chao-shun Yang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tariq M. Rana

tariq.rana@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMR. Performed the experiments: HC CsY. Analyzed the data: HC TMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CsY. Wrote the paper: HC TMR.