About the Authors

Xue Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Liu, Jing Ru, Jian Zhang

Affiliation Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Jing Ru

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Liu, Jing Ru, Jian Zhang

Affiliation Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Jian Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xue Liu, Jing Ru, Jian Zhang

Affiliation Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Li-hua Zhu

Affiliations Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, College of Basic Medicine, Hebei United University, Tangshan, Hebei Province, China

Min Liu

Affiliation Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Xin Li

Affiliation Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Hua Tang

htang2002@yahoo.com

Affiliation Tianjin Life Science Research Center and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT X. Li. Performed the experiments: X. Liu JR JZ LHZ. Analyzed the data: X. Liu JR JZ LHZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML. Wrote the paper: HT X. Liu.