About the Authors

Dongping Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Li Chen

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Dahong Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, China

Bing Lv

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Yun Chen

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Jingui Chen

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

XuejiaoYan

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Jiansheng Liang

jsliang@yzu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPZ JGC JSL YC. Performed the experiments: DPZ DHL YC BL. Analyzed the data: DPZ XJY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPZ DHL YC BL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DPZ JGC JSL.