About the Authors

Pei-Shan Wu

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, 717, Taiwan

Jui-Hung Yen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, 970, Taiwan

Mei-Chun Kou

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, 717, Taiwan

Ming-Jiuan Wu

imwu@mail.cnu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, 717, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHY MJW. Performed the experiments: PSW MCK. Analyzed the data: PSW MJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHY MJW. Wrote the paper: JHY MJW.