About the Authors

Sepideh Parsi

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Bahram M. Soltani

soltanib@modares.ac.ir

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Ebrahim Hosseini

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Samaneh E. Tousi

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Seyed J. Mowla

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP BMS. Performed the experiments: SP EH SET. Analyzed the data: SP BMS SJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BMS SJM. Wrote the paper: SP BMS SJM.