About the Authors

Hong-Yan Sui

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Guang-Yu Zhao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Jian-Dong Huang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Dong-Yan Jin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Kwok-Yung Yuen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Bo-Jian Zheng

bzheng@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HYS BJZ. Performed the experiments: HYS GYZ. Analyzed the data: JDH DYJ KYY BJZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDH. Wrote the paper: HYS BJZ. Supervised some experiments: JDH DYJ KYY.