About the Authors

Manoharan Shankar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Saswat S. Mohapatra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Saswati Biswas

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Indranil Biswas

ibiswas@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS SSM SB IB. Performed the experiments: MS SSM SB. Analyzed the data: MS SSM SB IB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS SSM SB IB. Wrote the paper: MS SB IB.