We thank Lanying Sun, Yang Xiao, Yuelei Chen, Hua Zhou and Cell Analysis Center (Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for professional technical assistance. This work was supported in part by grants from Hi-Tech Research Development Program of China (863 Program, No. 2007AA021006); the Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KSCX2-YW- R-09); the 973 Project (No. 2004CB518804); Grant 30623003 from National Nature Science Foundation of China and Grant 06DZ22032 from Science and Technology Commission of Shang- hai Municipality.
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