Acknowledgements

The author thanks professor Srivatsan Raman for the helpful discussions on the research project design and the technical know-how. The author thanks Sarah Schmidt-Dannert, James Corban and Dr. Phil Huss for sharing experimental protocols/recourses and the helpful discussions. The author thanks Cayden Coddington and Rubi Wilson for bench testing the research project and providing valuable suggestions. The author thanks Dr. Mario Pennella and Dr. Xiao Chen for the helpful discussions and suggestions. The author thanks professor Richard Amasino for the support and the helpful discussions. The author is grateful to the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the support.