About the Authors

Liyun Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Jin Cho

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Devon Ptak

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Yuk Fai Leung

yfleung@purdue.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine Lafayette, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

Yuk Fai Leung is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ YFL. Performed the experiments: LZ JC DP. Analyzed the data: LZ JC DP YFL. Wrote the paper: LZ JC YFL.