About the Authors

Changfu Yao

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Chao Wang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Yeran Li

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Yun Ding

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Uttama Rath

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Saheli Sengupta

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Jack Girton

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Kristen M. Johansen

kristen@iastate.edu (KMJ) (KJ); jorgen@iastate.edu (JJ) (JJ)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Jørgen Johansen

kristen@iastate.edu (KMJ) (KJ); jorgen@iastate.edu (JJ) (JJ)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ KMJ JG CY. Performed the experiments: CY CW YL YD UR SS. Analyzed the data: CY JG KMJ JJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JJ. Contributed to editing the manuscript: CY CW YL JG KMJ JJ.