About the Authors

Fanxue Meng

Contributed equally to this work with: Fanxue Meng, Michael Hackenberg

Affiliation Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States of America

Michael Hackenberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Fanxue Meng, Michael Hackenberg

Affiliation Dpto. de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

Zhiguang Li

Affiliation Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States of America

Jian Yan

Affiliation Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States of America

Tao Chen

tao.chen@fda.hhs.gov

Affiliation Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC. Performed the experiments: FM MH ZL JY. Analyzed the data: FM MH ZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM MH ZL JY. Wrote the paper: FM MH.