About the Authors

Kian Mau Goh

gohkianmau@utm.my

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Han Ming Gan

Affiliation Monash School of Science, Monash University Sunway Campus, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Kok-Gan Chan

Affiliation Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Giek Far Chan

Affiliation School of Applied Science, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

Saleha Shahar

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Chun Shiong Chong

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Ummirul Mukminin Kahar

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Kian Piaw Chai

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMG GHM K-GC GFC SS CSC UMK KPC. Performed the experiments: KMG GHM K-GC GFC SS CSC UMK KPC. Analyzed the data: KMG GHM K-GC GFC SS CSC UMK KPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMG GHM K-GC GFC. Wrote the paper: KMG GHM K-GC GFC SS CSC UMK KPC.