About the Authors

Mirko Pegoraro

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Shumaila Noreen

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Supriya Bhutani

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, Haryana, India

Avgi Tsolou

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Ralf Schmid

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Charalambos P. Kyriacou

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Eran Tauber

et22@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ET CPK. Performed the experiments: MP SB AT SN. Analyzed the data: MP SB AT ET RS SN CPK. Wrote the paper: ET CPK.