About the Authors

Shayesteh Sepehr

Affiliation Department of Biology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Azadeh Rahmani-Badi

a.rahmanibadi@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Hamta Babaie-Naiej

Affiliation Department of Biology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Reza Soudi

Affiliation Department of Biology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR-B SS HB-N MRS. Performed the experiments: AR-B HB-N SS MRS. Analyzed the data: AR-B HB-N. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR-B SS HB-N MRS. Wrote the paper: AR-B HB-N SS MRS.