About the Authors

Amal A. Mohamed

amin_amal@yahoo.com

Affiliation Plant Biochemistry Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Sami I. Ali

Affiliation Plant Biochemistry Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Farouk K. El-Baz

Affiliation Plant Biochemistry Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAM. Performed the experiments: SIA. Analyzed the data: SIA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAM SIA FKEB. Wrote the paper: AAM SIA FKEB.