About the Authors

Hongxiu Wen

Contributed equally to this work with: Hongxiu Wen, Yongjin Li

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Yongjin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Hongxiu Wen, Yongjin Li

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Sami N. Malek

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Yeong C. Kim

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jia Xu

Current address: The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hongzhou, China

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Nuclear Medicine, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China

Peixian Chen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Fengxia Xiao

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Xin Huang

Affiliation School of Medicine, New York Medical College, New York, United States of America

Xianzheng Zhou

Affiliation School of Medicine, New York Medical College, New York, United States of America

Zhenyu Xuan

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Shiva Mankala

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Guihua Hou

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Nuclear Medicine, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China

Janet D. Rowley

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael Q. Zhang

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

San Ming Wang

sanming.wang@unmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Eppley Cancer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMW MZ JR. Performed the experiments: HW JX PC FX XH XZ. Analyzed the data: YL YCK ZX SM MQZ SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SNM. Wrote the paper: SMW HW JR.