About the Authors

Xi Chen

Affiliation Transgenics Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States of America

Chengsong Xie

Affiliation Transgenics Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States of America

Lixin Sun

Affiliation Transgenics Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States of America

Jinhui Ding

Affiliation Bioinformatics Core, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States of America

Huaibin Cai

caih@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Transgenics Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC. Performed the experiments: XC CX LS JD. Analyzed the data: XC JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC. Wrote the paper: XC HC.