About the Authors

Michael O. Daniyan

Affiliations Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Aileen Boshoff

Affiliation Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Earl Prinsloo

Affiliation Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Eva-Rachele Pesce

gregory.blatch@vu.edu.au (GLB); eva-rachele.pesce@vu.edu.au (E-RP)

Affiliations Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Gregory L. Blatch

gregory.blatch@vu.edu.au (GLB); eva-rachele.pesce@vu.edu.au (E-RP)

Affiliations Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GLB. Performed the experiments: MOD. Analyzed the data: MOD AB EP E-RP GLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOD AB EP E-RP GLB. Wrote the paper: MOD E-RP GLB. Reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript: MOD AB EP E-RP GLB.