About the Authors

Hiroyasu Kamei

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Ling Lu

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Shuang Jiao

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Yun Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Claus Gyrup

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Lisbeth S. Laursen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Claus Oxvig

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

Jianfeng Zhou

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Cunming Duan

cduan@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK CD. Performed the experiments: HK LL SJ LL JZ. Analyzed the data: HK LL SJ YL LL CO JZ CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL CO CD. Wrote the paper: HK CD.