supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China(30901577,30770868);National Basic Research Program of China(2006CB503808);Talent Program of USC(2008XQD01);Hengyang Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology(2009KJ14);Ministry of Education of Returned Overseas Students to Start Research and Fund Projects(20091590);Aid Program for Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province~~
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770868, 30971170), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (No 06JJ5055) and the Science & Technology Department of Hunan Province (No 04FJ4064). The authors acknowledge and express appreciation to Rhona KELLY for editing the manuscript.
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