About the Authors

Xi Luo

Affiliation Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

David J. Wasilko

Affiliation Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Yao Liu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Jiayi Sun

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Xiaochun Wu

Affiliation Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Zhao-Qing Luo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Yuxin Mao

ym253@cornell.edu

Affiliation Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL DJW ZQL YM. Performed the experiments: XL DJW YL JS XW YM. Analyzed the data: XL DJW ZQL YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL DJW YL JS XW. Wrote the paper: XL DJW ZQL YM.