About the Authors

Yun-Jung Lee

Affiliations Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Byung-Hoon Jeong

Affiliation Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Eun-Kyoung Choi

Affiliation Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Richard I. Carp

Affiliation New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Yong-Sun Kim

yskim@hallym.ac.kr

Affiliations Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YSK BHJ. Performed the experiments: YJL BHJ. Analyzed the data: YSK BHJ YJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YSK YJL BHJ RIC. Wrote the paper: YSK YJL BHJ RIC EKC.