About the Authors

Huaiping Zhu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Hong Qian

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Guangpu Li

guangpu-li@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ GL. Performed the experiments: HZ. Analyzed the data: HZ HQ GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HQ. Wrote the paper: HQ GL.