About the Authors

Atiyatul Qadeer

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

Ejaz Ahmad

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

Javed M. Khan

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

Rizwan H. Khan

rizwanhkhan@hotmail.com

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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