About the Authors

Ying Lin

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, P.R. China

Mengmeng Li

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, P.R. China

Huiling Song

Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, P.R. China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lingling Xu

Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, P.R. China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Qing Meng

mengqing@dhu.edu.cn (QM); Paul.Liu@Dal.Ca (XQL)

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, P.R. China

Xiang-Qin Liu

mengqing@dhu.edu.cn (QM); Paul.Liu@Dal.Ca (XQL)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XQL. Performed the experiments: YL MML HLS LLX. Analyzed the data: YL QM XQL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QM XQL. Wrote the paper: YL XQL.