About the Authors

Saba Zuhair Hussein

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kamaruddin Mohd Yusoff

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Canik Basari University, Samsun, Turkey

Suzana Makpol

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof

anum@medic.ukm.my; rahmatyasmin@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZH YAMY. Performed the experiments: SZH. Analyzed the data: SZH KMY SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YAMY KMY SM. Wrote the paper: SZH YAMY.