About the Authors

WeiYu Lu

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Justin K. Hwang

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Fangfang Zeng

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Walter S. Leal

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision

wsleal@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.