About the Authors

Ejaz Ahmad

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Gulam Rabbani

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Nida Zaidi

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Saurabh Singh

Affiliation School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Mohd Rehan

Affiliation School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Mohd Moin Khan

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Shah Kamranur Rahman

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Zainuddin Quadri

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Mohd. Shadab

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Mohd Tashfeen Ashraf

Affiliation School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India

Naidu Subbarao

Affiliation School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Rajiv Bhat

Affiliation School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Rizwan Hasan Khan

rizwanhkhan@hotmail.com

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA RHK. Performed the experiments: EA GR NZ SS MR MMK SKR ZQ MS MTA. Analyzed the data: EA RHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA NS RB RHK. Wrote the paper: EA RHK.