About the Authors

Ritesh K. Baboota

Affiliation National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Dhirendra P. Singh

Affiliation National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Siddhartha M. Sarma

Affiliation National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Jaspreet Kaur

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Rajat Sandhir

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Ravneet K. Boparai

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Kanthi K. Kondepudi

Affiliation National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Mahendra Bishnoi

mbishnoi@gmail.com

Affiliation National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: R. Baboota JK RS KKK MB. Performed the experiments: R. Baboota DPS SMS R. Boparai KKK MB. Analyzed the data: R. Baboota SMS KKK MB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: R. Baboota DPS SMS KKK MB.