About the Authors

Madeeha Aqil

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Afsar Raza Naqvi

Current address: Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Aalia Shahr Bano

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Shahid Jameel

shahid@icgeb.res.in

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA ARN ASB SJ. Performed the experiments: MA ARN ASB. Analyzed the data: MA ARN ASB SJ. Wrote the paper: MA SJ.