About the Authors

Kailash Singh

Contributed equally to this work with: Kailash Singh, Vijayalakshmi Senthil

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

Vijayalakshmi Senthil

Contributed equally to this work with: Kailash Singh, Vijayalakshmi Senthil

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

Aloysius Wilfred Raj Arokiaraj

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

Jérôme Leprince

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, Neurotrophic Factors and Neuronal Differentiation Team, Inserm U982, Associated International Laboratory Samuel de Champlain, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging of Haute-Normandie (PRIMACEN), University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

Benjamin Lefranc

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, Neurotrophic Factors and Neuronal Differentiation Team, Inserm U982, Associated International Laboratory Samuel de Champlain, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging of Haute-Normandie (PRIMACEN), University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

David Vaudry

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, Neurotrophic Factors and Neuronal Differentiation Team, Inserm U982, Associated International Laboratory Samuel de Champlain, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging of Haute-Normandie (PRIMACEN), University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

Ahmed A. Allam

Affiliations Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Jamaan Ajarem

Affiliation Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

Billy K. C. Chow

bkcc@hku.hk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS VS BKCC. Performed the experiments: KS VS AWRA. Analyzed the data: KS VS AWRA BKCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL BL DV AAA JA. Wrote the paper: KS VS AWRA JL DV BKCC.