About the Authors

Yan Ji

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Xiaodan Lu

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Qingping Zhong

Affiliation KLAS and School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Peng Liu

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Yao An

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Yuntao Zhang

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Shujie Zhang

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Ruirui Jia

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Isaias G. Tesfamariam

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Abraha G. Kahsay

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Luqing Zhang

zhanglq479@nenu.edu.cn (LQZ); wszhu@nenu.edu.cn (WSZ); zhengyw442@nenu.edu.cn (YWZ)

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Wensheng Zhu

zhanglq479@nenu.edu.cn (LQZ); wszhu@nenu.edu.cn (WSZ); zhengyw442@nenu.edu.cn (YWZ)

Affiliation KLAS and School of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Yaowu Zheng

zhanglq479@nenu.edu.cn (LQZ); wszhu@nenu.edu.cn (WSZ); zhengyw442@nenu.edu.cn (YWZ)

Affiliation Transgenic Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YWZ WSZ LQZ. Performed the experiments: YJ QPZ PL. Analyzed the data: YJ XDL QPZ YA YTZ SJZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRJ IGT AGK. Wrote the paper: YJ YWZ.