About the Authors

Sujatha Ramasamy

sujatha@um.edu.my

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Norhanom Abdul Wahab

Affiliation Centre for Foundation Studies in Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nurhayati Zainal Abidin

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sugumaran Manickam

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Zubaidah Zakaria

Affiliation Hematology Unit, Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR NAW NZA. Performed the experiments: SR. Analyzed the data: SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM ZZ. Wrote the paper: SR NAW SM.