About the Authors

Li Zhou

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Yoshiharu Takayama

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Philippe Boucher

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Michelle D. Tallquist

Affiliation Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Joachim Herz

joachim.herz@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ YT JH. Performed the experiments: LZ YT. Analyzed the data: LZ PB MDT JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ YT PB MDT JH. Wrote the paper: LZ JH.