About the Authors

Min He

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom, Genetic Engineering Research Center, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Michael J. Kershaw

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Darren M. Soanes

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Yuxian Xia

Affiliation Genetic Engineering Research Center, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Nicholas J. Talbot

N.J.Talbot@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH NJT. Performed the experiments: MH MJK DMS. Analyzed the data: MH MJK DMS YX NJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMS. Wrote the paper: MH NJT.