About the Authors

Lusisizwe Kwezi

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Stuart Meier

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Lyndon Mungur

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Oziniel Ruzvidzo

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Helen Irving

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Chris Gehring

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cgehring@uwc.ac.za

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG HI. Performed the experiments: LK SM OR LM. Analyzed the data: LK SM. Wrote the paper: CG HI.