About the Authors

Varshiesh Raina

Affiliation Molecular Sciences Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Sarika Gupta

surolia@tmbu.iisc.ernet.in (AS); sarika@nii.res.in (SG)

Affiliation Molecular Sciences Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Saurabh Yadav

Affiliation Molecular Sciences Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Avadhesha Surolia

surolia@tmbu.iisc.ernet.in (AS); sarika@nii.res.in (SG)

Affiliation Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

Prof. AS, a co-author in this paper, is the member of editorial board. 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: AS SG VR. Performed the experiments: VR. Analyzed the data: AS SG VR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS SG. Wrote the manuscript: AS SG VR. Performed Confocal imaging: SY.