Nie, Jisheng https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4351-2017
Li, Jinyu
Cheng, Lin
Li, Yanning
Deng, Yunjun
Yan, Zhiwei
Duan, Lei
Niu, Qiao
Perera, Frederica
Tang, Deliang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81673143)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81072279)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (30800899)
Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (2015011128)
Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (2010021234-3)
Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (2016-057)
The Schmidt Family Foundation (G-1610-56442)
The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation (17-101)
Article History
Received: 9 June 2018
Accepted: 4 December 2018
First Online: 20 December 2018
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