About the Authors

Feng Zhang

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Yuping Wang

Affiliation School of Computing and Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Hong-Wen Deng

hwdeng@mail.xjtu.edn.cn

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Laboratory of Molecular and Statistical Genetics, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HWD. Performed the experiments: FZ. Analyzed the data: FZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW. Wrote the paper: FZ HWD.