About the Authors

Ching-Nan Lin

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wei-Sheng W. Sun

Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Taiwan International Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hui-Yin Lu

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Swee-Chuan Ng

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ying-Shu Liao

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wan-Jr Syu

wjsyu@ym.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Taiwan International Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CNL. Performed the experiments: CNL WSS HYL SCN YSL. Analyzed the data: CNL WSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CNL WSS HYL SCN YSL. Wrote the paper: CNL WJS.