About the Authors

Ronald Benjamin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Atoshi Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Kannan Balakrishnan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Ramya Sivangala

Affiliation Immunology Department, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Sumanlatha Gaddam

Affiliations Immunology Department, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Sharmistha Banerjee

sbsl@uohyd.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB AB SB. Performed the experiments: RB AB KB RS. Analyzed the data: RB AB SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG SB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RB AB SB.