About the Authors

Kairong Li

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Jiaqing Zhang

Affiliation Biochemistry Department of Medical School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

James Y. H. Li

jali@uchc.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL JL. Performed the experiments: KL JZ. Analyzed the data: KL JZ JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KL JZ. Wrote the paper: JL.