About the Authors

Lu Lu

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38106, United States of America, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, 226001, China

Ashutosh K. Pandey

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38106, United States of America

M. Trevor Houseal

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38106, United States of America

Megan K. Mulligan

mulliganmk@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38106, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKM LL. Performed the experiments: MKM LL. Analyzed the data: MKM AP MTH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL AP. Wrote the paper: MKM AP MTH.