About the Authors

Min Jin

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zizhen Wu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ling Chen

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jose Jaimes

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Diana Collins

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Edgar T. Walters

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Roger G. O'Neil

roger.g.oneil@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ ZW ETW RGO. Performed the experiments: MJ ZW LC JJ DC RGO. Analyzed the data: MJ ZW LC JJ DC ETW RGO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ ETW RGO. Wrote the paper: MJ RGO.