About the Authors

Zexiong Chen

Affiliations Genetic Engineering Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China, College of Forestry and Life Science, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, 402160, China

Ning Tang

Affiliation Genetic Engineering Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

Yuming You

Affiliation College of Forestry and Life Science, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, 402160, China

Jianbin Lan

Affiliation College of Forestry and Life Science, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, 402160, China

Yiqing Liu

Affiliation College of Forestry and Life Science, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing, 402160, China

Zhengguo Li

zhengguoli@cqu.edu.cn

Affiliation Genetic Engineering Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZXC ZGL. Performed the experiments: ZXC YQL YMY JBL. Analyzed the data: ZXC NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZXC NT. Wrote the paper: ZXC. Helped draft and revise the manuscript: NT.