About the Authors

Ejaz Ahmad

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Gulam Rabbani

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Nida Zaidi

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Basir Ahmad

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Rizwan Hasan Khan

rizwanhkhan@hotmail.com

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Competing Interests

Rizwan Hasan Khan is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA RHK. Performed the experiments: EA GR NZ BA. Analyzed the data: EA RHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA GR NZ BA RHK. Wrote the paper: EA RHK.