About the Authors

Ramasamy S. Annadurai

Contributed equally to this work with: Ramasamy S. Annadurai, Ramprasad Neethiraj

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Ramprasad Neethiraj

Contributed equally to this work with: Ramasamy S. Annadurai, Ramprasad Neethiraj

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vasanthan Jayakumar

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Anand C. Damodaran

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Sudha Narayana Rao

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Mohan A. V. S. K. Katta

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Sreeja Gopinathan

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Santosh Prasad Sarma

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vanitha Senthilkumar

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vidya Niranjan

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Ashok Gopinath

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Raja C. Mugasimangalam

raja@genotypic.co.in

Affiliation Research and Development Unit, Genotypic Technology Private Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The following authors have affiliations to Genotypic Technology Private Limited, the commercial funders of this research, and confirm that this affiliation does not in anyway alter the authors adherence of all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. 1. Ramasamy S Annadurai 2. Ramprasad Neethiraj 3. Vasanthan Jayakumar 4. Anand C Damodaran 5. Sudha Narayana Rao 6. Mohan AVSK Katta 7. Sreeja Gopinathan 8. Santosh Prasad Sarma 9. Vanitha Senthilkumar 10. Vidya Niranjan 11. Ashok Gopinath 12. Raja C Mugasimangalam The authors Ramasamy S Annadurai and Ashok Gopinath were working at Genotypic Technology Pvt Ltd when they carried out their work. Dr. Ramasamy S Annadurai and Dr. Ashok Gopinath's affiliations to ITC Limited and Sanofi Synthelabo India Limited respectively does not affect the project in any way. These companies were neither funders nor sponsors for this study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACD RSA RCM SNR. Performed the experiments: SG VS SPS AG. Analyzed the data: RN VJ MAK VN. Wrote the paper: RN.