About the Authors

Sohail A. K. Rao

Contributed equally to this work with: Sohail A. K. Rao, James C. Carolan

Current address: Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Ireland

Affiliation School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

James C. Carolan

Contributed equally to this work with: Sohail A. K. Rao, James C. Carolan

Current address: Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland

Affiliation School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Tom L. Wilkinson

tom.wilkinson@ucd.ie

Affiliation School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAKR JCC TLW. Performed the experiments: SAKR JCC. Analyzed the data: SAKR JCC. Wrote the paper: SAKR JCC TLW.