About the Authors

Jin-Hong Shin

Current address: Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Brian Greer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Chady H. Hakim

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Zhongna Zhou

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Yu-chia Chung

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Ye Duan

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Zhihai He

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Dongsheng Duan

duand@missouri.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS DD. Performed the experiments: JS BG CHH ZZ YC DD. Analyzed the data: JS YD ZH DD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS YD ZH DD. Wrote the paper: JS DD.