About the Authors

Saira Karimi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology & Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan, Research Cell, Bahria University, Health Sciences Campus BUHSCI, Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Ali Nawaz

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

Saadia Naseem

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology & Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan

Zahid Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* zahidali@comsats.edu.pk

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology & Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.