About the Authors

Yan Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Muhammad Farooq

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Donglai Sheng

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Chanchal Chandramouli

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Tian Lan

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Nilesh K. Mahajan

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

R. Manjunatha Kini

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Yunhan Hong

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Thomas Lisowsky

Affiliation multiBIND biotec GmbH, Köln, Germany

Ruowen Ge

dbsgerw@nus.edu.sg

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Lisowsky is employed by multiBIND biotec GmbH. This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG YL MF. Performed the experiments: YL MF DS CC T. Lan NKM. Analyzed the data: YL MF RG T. Lisowsky. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMK YH. Wrote the paper: RG YL MF RMK YH T. Lisowsky.