About the Authors

Chun-Chiu Pang

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Tanya Scharaschkin

Affiliation Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Yvonne C. F. Su

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

Richard M. K. Saunders

saunders@hku.hk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCP TS YCFS RMKS. Performed the experiments: CCP TS. Analyzed the data: CCP YCFS RMKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCP TS RMKS. Wrote the paper: CCP TS YCFS RMKS.