About the Authors

Mengyao Zhao

marth@bc.edu (GTM); zhaomengyao@gmail.com (MZ)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wan-Ping Lee

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erik P. Garrison

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gabor T. Marth

marth@bc.edu (GTM); zhaomengyao@gmail.com (MZ)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ WL EG GM. Performed the experiments: MZ WL EG. Analyzed the data: MZ WL EG GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ WL. Wrote the manuscript: MZ WL EG GM.