About the Authors

Sugith Babu Badugu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Shaik Abdul Nabi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Pratap Vaidyam

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Shyamasree Laskar

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Sunanda Bhattacharyya

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya

mkbsl@uohyd.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKB. Performed the experiments: SBB SAN PV SL SB. Analyzed the data: MKB SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKB SB. Wrote the paper: MKB.