About the Authors

Shuming Zou

Affiliations Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

Hiroyasu Kamei

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

Zubin Modi

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: CD. Performed the experiments: SZ HK ZM. Analyzed the data: SZ HK CD. Wrote the paper: SZ CD.