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, 81072279, 30800899)
Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (2015011128, 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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