About the Authors
- YanYan Mao
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Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Simone Reiprich
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Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Michael Wegner
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Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Bernd Fritzsch
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* E-mail: bernd-fritzsch@uiowa.edu
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BF SR MW. Performed the experiments: YYM SR BF. Analyzed the data: YYM BF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR MW. Wrote the paper: YYM SR MW BF. Interacted with a statistician: BF. Interacted with a native English speaker: BF.