About the Authors

Yifeng Lin

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Stephanie Jamison

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Wensheng Lin

wlin@usouthal.edu

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL. Performed the experiments: YL SJ WL. Analyzed the data: YL SJ WL. Wrote the paper: WL.