About the Authors

Hussin A. Rothan

rothan@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hirbod Bahrani

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Zulqarnain Mohamed

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

Noorsaadah Abd Rahman

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

Rohana Yusof

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAR. Performed the experiments: HAR HB. Analyzed the data: HAR RY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAR HB. Wrote the paper: HAR ZM NAR RY.