About the Authors

Moaz Ahmad

Contributed equally to this work with: Moaz Ahmad, Abulaish Ansari

Affiliation Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Abulaish Ansari

Contributed equally to this work with: Moaz Ahmad, Abulaish Ansari

Affiliation Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Mohammed Tarique

Affiliation Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Akash Tripathi Satsangi

Affiliation Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Renu Tuteja

renu@icgeb.res.in

Affiliation Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RT. Performed the experiments: MA AA MT ATS. Analyzed the data: RT MA AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT. Wrote the paper: RT AA.