About the Authors

Wenqi Ran

wenqi.ran@nih.gov (WR); higgsp@mcmaster.ca (PH)

Affiliations Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Paul G. Higgs

wenqi.ran@nih.gov (WR); higgsp@mcmaster.ca (PH)

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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