About the Authors

Rongya Tao

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Xiwen Xiong

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Robert A. Harris

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Richard Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Morris F. White

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Xiaocheng C. Dong

xcdong@iu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XCD RT XX. Performed the experiments: RT XX XCD. Analyzed the data: XCD RT XX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAH MFW. Wrote the paper: XCD RT XX.