About the Authors

Caesar Saloma

csaloma@nip.upd.edu.ph

Affiliation National Institute of Physics, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Gay Jane Perez

Current address: Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Affiliation National Institute of Physics, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Catherine Ann Gavile

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Jacqueline Judith Ick-Joson

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Cynthia Palmes-Saloma

Affiliation National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS GJP CPS. Performed the experiments: GJP CAG JJIJ CPS. Analyzed the data: CS GJP CPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS GJP CPS. Wrote the paper: CS GJP CPS. Development of software for data analysis: GJP CS.