About the Authors

Hua-Bing Li

Current address: Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Katsuhito Ohno

Current address: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Hongxing Gui

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Vincenzo Pirrotta

pirrotta@biology.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-BL VP. Performed the experiments: H-BL KO HG. Analyzed the data: H-BL VP. Wrote the paper: H-BL VP.