About the Authors

Pratip Chakraborty

Affiliation Department of Infertility, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sayani Banerjee

Affiliation Reproductive Biology Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Piyali Saha

Affiliation Reproductive Biology Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Shyam Sundar Nandi

Affiliation Molecular and Cell Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sunita Sharma

Affiliation Department of Infertility, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sourendra K. Goswami

Affiliation Department of Infertility, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Baidyanath Chakravarty

Affiliation Department of Infertility, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Syed N. Kabir

snkabir@iicb.res.in

Affiliation Reproductive Biology Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BNC SNK. Performed the experiments: SS PC SKG PS SB SSN. Analyzed the data: SNK PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SNK BNC. Wrote the paper: SNK BNC PC.