About the Authors

Honglei Chen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Shaoping Wu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rong Lu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yong-guo Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yuanyuan Zheng

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jun Sun

jun_sun@rush.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: HC SW RL Y. Zhang Y. Zheng. Analyzed the data: HC SW JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS. Wrote the paper: HC SW RL Y. Zhang Y. Zheng JS.