About the Authors

Aparna Ganapathy

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Nishtha Pandey

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

C. R. Srikumari Srisailapathy

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai, India

Rajeev Jalvi

Affiliation Department of Audiology, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai, India

Vikas Malhotra

Affiliation Department of ENT, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Mohan Venkatappa

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Arunima Chatterjee

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Meenakshi Sharma

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Rekha Santhanam

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Shelly Chadha

Affiliation Department of ENT, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Arabandi Ramesh

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chennai, India

Arun K. Agarwal

Affiliation Department of ENT, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Raghunath R. Rangasayee

Affiliation Department of Audiology, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai, India

Anuranjan Anand

anand@jncasr.ac.in

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA. Performed the experiments: AG NP MV AC MS RS. Analyzed the data: AA AG NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRSS RJ VM SC AKA AR RRR. Wrote the paper: AA AG NP.