About the Authors

Junsong Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Junsong Sun, Robert C. Hopkins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Robert C. Hopkins

Contributed equally to this work with: Junsong Sun, Robert C. Hopkins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Francis E. Jenney Jr

Current address: Georgia Campus - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Patrick M. McTernan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Michael W. W. Adams

adams@bmb.uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS RCH FEJ MWWA. Performed the experiments: JS RCH PM. Analyzed the data: JS RCH PM FEJ MWWA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS PM. Wrote the paper: JS RCH FEJ MWWA.