About the Authors

Jian-Shen Zhao

jianszhao@yahoo.ca (JSZ); jalal.hawari@nrc.ca (JH)

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Yinghai Deng

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dominic Manno

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jalal Hawari

jianszhao@yahoo.ca (JSZ); jalal.hawari@nrc.ca (JH)

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSZ. Performed the experiments: JSZ YD DM. Analyzed the data: JSZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSZ YD JH. Wrote the paper: JSZ JH.