About the Authors

Crystal Y. Q. Du

Affiliations Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, Department of Biology, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China

Roy C. Y. Choi

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Ken Y. Z. Zheng

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China

Tina T. X. Dong

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

David T. W. Lau

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Karl W. K. Tsim

botsim@ust.hk

Affiliation Division of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYQD RCYC KYZZ TTXD DTWL KWKT. Performed the experiments: CYQD. Analyzed the data: CYQD RCYC KYZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCYC TTXD DTWL KWKT. Wrote the paper: CYQD. Revised the manuscript: RCYC KWKT.