About the Authors

Ming Cheang Tan

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wan Ying Wong

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wei Lun Ng

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kok Siong Yeo

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Taznim Begam Mohd Mohidin

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yat-Yuen Lim

yatyuen.lim@um.edu.my(YYL); Chee-Kwee.Ea@utsouthwestern.edu(CKE)

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Fadhil Lafta

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hapipah Mohd Ali

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chee-Kwee Ea

yatyuen.lim@um.edu.my(YYL); Chee-Kwee.Ea@utsouthwestern.edu(CKE)

Current address: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: C-KE Y-YL. Data curation: C-KE Y-YL MCT. Formal analysis: C-KE Y-YL MCT. Funding acquisition: C-KE Y-YL MCT. Investigation: MCT WYW WLN KSY TBMM Y-YL C-KE. Methodology: C-KE Y-YL. Project administration: C-KE Y-YL. Resources: FL HMA Y-YL C-KE. Supervision: C-KE Y-YL. Validation: C-KE Y-YL MCT. Visualization: C-KE Y-YL MCT. Writing – original draft: C-KE Y-YL MCT. Writing – review & editing: C-KE Y-YL MCT.