About the Authors

Weifeng Shi

Contributed equally to this work with: Weifeng Shi, Ines T. Freitas

wfshi.tsmc@gmail.com

Current address: Guangzhou Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nansha, Guangzhou, China

Affiliation The Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Ines T. Freitas

Contributed equally to this work with: Weifeng Shi, Ines T. Freitas

Affiliation The Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Chaodong Zhu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Wei Zheng

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

William W. Hall

Affiliation National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Desmond G. Higgins

Affiliation The Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WS. Performed the experiments: WS ITF CZ WZ. Analyzed the data: WS ITF. Wrote the paper: WS WWH DGH.