About the Authors

Ke Ma

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rui Xiao

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hsiu-Ting Tseng

Current address: Bureau of Pharmaceutical Affairs, Department of Health, The Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lu Shan

Current address: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Loning Fu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David D. Moore

moore@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM RX HTT LS DM. Performed the experiments: KM RX HTT LS. Analyzed the data: KM RX HTT LS LF DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LF. Wrote the paper: KM DM.