About the Authors

Adelene Ai-Lian Song

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Janna Ong Abdullah

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Mohd. Puad Abdullah

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Norazizah Shafee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Roohaida Othman

Affiliation Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Ee-Fun Tan

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Normah Mohd. Noor

Affiliation Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Abdul Rahim Raha

raha@biotech.upm.edu.my

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAS ARR RO NMN. Performed the experiments: AAS EFT. Analyzed the data: AAS ARR JOA MPA NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARR NMN. Wrote the paper: AAS ARR JOA MPA NS.