About the Authors

Sheng-zhi Wang

Affiliations Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bao-hua Liu

Affiliations Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Huizhong W. Tao

Affiliations Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kun Xia

Affiliation The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China

Li I. Zhang

liizhang@usc.edu

Affiliations Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SzW LLZ. Performed the experiments: SzW. Analyzed the data: SzW BhL HWT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BhL KX. Wrote the paper: HWT LLZ.