About the Authors

Surojit Mondal

SM and BKP are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Bani Kumar Pathak

SM and BKP are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sutapa Ray

Affiliation Dr. B.C Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Department of Biotechnology, Calcutta University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Chandana Barat

chandanasgb@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB SM BKP. Performed the experiments: SM BKP. Analyzed the data: SM BKP CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR. Wrote the paper: CB SM BKP.