About the Authors

Eun-Young Shin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

Chan-Soo Lee

Affiliation Division of Hazardous Substances Analysis, Daejeon Regional Food and Drug Administration, Daejeon, Chungnam, Korea

Cheong-Yong Yun

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

So-Yoon Won

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

Hyong-Kyu Kim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

Yong Hee Lee

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

Sahng-June Kwak

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Korea

Eung-Gook Kim

egkim@chungbuk.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EYS EGK. Performed the experiments: EYS CSL CYY SYW. Analyzed the data: EYS YHL SJK HKK. Wrote the paper: EYS EGK.