About the Authors

Anjali Apte-Deshpande

Affiliation Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Center for Advance Studies, University of Pune, Pune, India

Mandar Paingankar

Affiliation Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Center for Advance Studies, University of Pune, Pune, India

Mangesh D. Gokhale

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology and Zoology, National Institute of Virology, Pune, India

Dileep N. Deobagkar

dileep_deobagkar@hotmail.com

Affiliations Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Center for Advance Studies, University of Pune, Pune, India, Vice Chancellor, Goa University, Taleigaon Plateau, Goa, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DND AAD MP. Performed the experiments: AAD MP MDG. Analyzed the data: DND AAD MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAD MP MDG. Wrote the paper: DND AAD MP.