About the Authors

Chen-Yan Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen-Yan Zhang, Jiong Chen

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology, Centre Hospitalier de Université Laval Research Center (CHUL, CHUQ) and Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada, Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Jiong Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Chen-Yan Zhang, Jiong Chen

Affiliation Laboratory of Structural Biology with Visiting Scientists, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Shanghai, China

Da-Chuan Yin

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Sheng-Xiang Lin

sheng-xiang.lin@crchul.ulaval.ca

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Oncology, Centre Hospitalier de Université Laval Research Center (CHUL, CHUQ) and Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada, WHO Collaborative Center in Human Reproductive Research, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ SL. Performed the experiments: CZ JC. Analyzed the data: CZ JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DY SL. Wrote the paper: CZ.