About the Authors

EK Radhakrishnan

Contributed equally to this work with: EK Radhakrishnan, Smitha V. Bava

Affiliation Division of Plant Molecular Biology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Smitha V. Bava

Contributed equally to this work with: EK Radhakrishnan, Smitha V. Bava

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Sai Shyam Narayanan

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Lekshmi R. Nath

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Arun Kumar T. Thulasidasan

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Eppurathu Vasudevan Soniya

evsoniya@rgcb.res.in (EVS); rjanto@rgcb.res.in (RJA)

Affiliation Division of Plant Molecular Biology, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Ruby John Anto

evsoniya@rgcb.res.in (EVS); rjanto@rgcb.res.in (RJA)

Affiliation Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Competing Interests

Ruby John Anto is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EVS RJA. Performed the experiments: REK SVB SSN LRN AKTT. Analyzed the data: EVS RJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EVS RJA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SSN RJA.