About the Authors

Ling Zhong

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nashaat Z. Gerges

ngerges@mcw.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ NZG. Performed the experiments: LZ. Analyzed the data: LZ NZG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ NZG. Wrote the paper: LZ NZG.