About the Authors

Dongning Pan

Affiliation Program in Gene Function and Expression and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chunxiao Mao

Affiliation Program in Gene Function and Expression and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yong-Xu Wang

yongxu.wang@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Program in Gene Function and Expression and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW. Performed the experiments: DP CM. Analyzed the data: DP YW. Wrote the paper: YW.