About the Authors

Shilpi Jayaswal

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Md. Azhar Kamal

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Raina Dua

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Shashank Gupta

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Tanmay Majumdar

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Gobardhan Das

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Dhiraj Kumar

dhiraj@icgeb.res.in (DK); kanury@icgeb.res.in (KVSR)

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Kanury V. S. Rao

dhiraj@icgeb.res.in (DK); kanury@icgeb.res.in (KVSR)

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DK KVSR. Performed the experiments: SJ MAK RD SG TM. Analyzed the data: SJ GD DK KVSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD. Wrote the paper: DK KVSR.