About the Authors

Xin Tong

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Deqiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Anirvan Guha

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Blake Arthurs

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Victor Cazares

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Neil Gupta

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Lei Yin

leiyin@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XT LY. Performed the experiments: XT DZ AG BA VC NG LY. Analyzed the data: XT LY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XT DZ AG NG. Wrote the paper: XT LY. Obtained permission for using Ddb1 flox/flox mice: LY.