About the Authors

Qin Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ryan T. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Austin J. Cooney

acooney@bcm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Austin J. Cooney is an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. 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: AC. Performed the experiments: QW RW. Analyzed the data: QW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QW RW AC. Wrote the paper: QW AC.