About the Authors

Sonam Chawla

Affiliation Experimental Biology Division, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Babita Rahar

Affiliation Experimental Biology Division, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Mrinalini Singh

Affiliation Experimental Biology Division, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Anju Bansal

Affiliation Experimental Biology Division, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Deepika Saraswat

Affiliation Experimental Biology Division, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Shweta Saxena

shweta.dipas@gmail.com

Affiliation Experimental Biology Division, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC SS. Performed the experiments: SC SS BR MS. Analyzed the data: SC SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS AB DS. Wrote the paper: SS SC.