About the Authors

Shan Xin

Affiliation College of life sciences, Key laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China

Chengcheng Tao

Affiliation College of life sciences, Key laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China

Hongbin Li

lihb@shzu.edu.cn

Affiliation College of life sciences, Key laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SX HL. Performed the experiments: SX CT. Analyzed the data: SX HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL. Wrote the paper: HL.