About the Authors

Min Ni

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hui Zhou

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shiuan Wey

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Peter Baumeister

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Amy S. Lee

amylee@ccnt.usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN HZ PB ASL. Performed the experiments: MN HZ SW PB. Analyzed the data: MN HZ SW PB ASL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN. Wrote the paper: MN ASL.