About the Authors

Tao Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Tao Chen, Peng Cui

Affiliation Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Peng Cui

Contributed equally to this work with: Tao Chen, Peng Cui

Affiliation Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Hao Chen

Affiliation Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Shahjahan Ali

Affiliation Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Shoudong Zhang

Affiliation Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Liming Xiong

liming.xiong@kaust.edu.sa

Affiliation Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LX TC PC HC. Performed the experiments: TC HC SZ SA. Analyzed the data: TC PC HC LX. Wrote the paper: TC PC LX.