About the Authors

Ning Song

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Nameun Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Rui Xiao

Current address: Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, P. R. China

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Hojun Choi

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Hyo-Im Chun

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Min-Hee Kang

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Jin-Hoi Kim

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Kunho Seo

Affiliation Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Nagasundarapandian Soundrarajan

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Jeong-Tae Do

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Hyuk Song

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Zhao-Jia Ge

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P.R. China

Chankyu Park

chankyu@konkuk.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: N. Song CP. Performed the experiments: N. Song NK HIC MHK ZJG. Analyzed the data: N. Song RX CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: N. Song NK RX HC HIC MHK JHK KS N. Soundrarajan JTD HS ZJG CP. Wrote the paper: N. Song CP.