About the Authors

Xue Gao

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yong-Hyun Shin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Min Li

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Fei Wang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Qiang Tong

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Pumin Zhang

pzhang@bcm.tmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XG YHS QT PZ. Performed the experiments: XG YHS ML FW. Analyzed the data: XG. Wrote the paper: XG PZ.