About the Authors

Ali Sayqal

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

Yun Xu

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

Drupad K. Trivedi

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

Najla AlMasoud

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

David I. Ellis

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. W. Rattray

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

Royston Goodacre

roy.goodacre@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS RG. Performed the experiments: AS DKT NA DIE NJWR. Analyzed the data: YX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG. Wrote the paper: AS YX DTK NA DIE RG NJWR.