**Author details**

J. Tony Pembroke\*, Patricia Armshaw and Michael P. Ryan

\*Address all correspondence to: tony.pembroke@ul.ie

Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Natural Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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