About the Authors
- Qi Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Zhang, Derong Ding
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Derong Ding
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Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Zhang, Derong Ding
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Shelya X. Zeng
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Qi-Zhuang Ye
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* E-mail: hlu2@tulane.edu (HL); yeq@iupui.edu (Q-ZY)
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Hua Lu
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* E-mail: hlu2@tulane.edu (HL); yeq@iupui.edu (Q-ZY)
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The authors are submitting a Patent application (pending) for the compounds as revealed in their manuscript through Indiana University, to which the authors are affiliated and which the authors may benefit from. 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: QZ DRD SZ QZY HL. Performed the experiments: QZ DRD SZ. Analyzed the data: QZ DRD SZ QZY HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QZ DRD SZ QZY HL. Wrote the paper: QZ DRD SZ QZY HL.