About the Authors

Xiaoting Wu

Affiliation Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Kathleen A. Gallo

gallok@msu.edu

Affiliations Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW KAG. Performed the experiments: XW. Analyzed the data: XW KAG. Wrote the paper: XW KAG.