About the Authors

Jia-Li Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Jun-Lei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Xiao-Feng Xu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Na Gao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Dong-Ying Fan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jing An

anjing60@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLW JLZ JA. Performed the experiments: JLW JLZ WC XFX NG. Analyzed the data: JLW JLZ WC XFX NG DYF JA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLW WC DYF. Wrote the paper: JLW JA.