About the Authors
- Pradip K. Tarafdar
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Current address: Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Lakshmi Vasudev Vedantam
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Current address: Shanta Biotechnics Ltd, Hyderabad, India
Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Rajeshwer S. Sankhala
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Current address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States of America
Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Pallinti Purushotham
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Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Appa Rao Podile
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Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Musti J. Swamy
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* E-mail: mjswamy1@gmail.com
Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
Competing Interests
Although Dr. L. V. Vedantam is currently employed by a commercial company (Shanta Bitechnics Ltd.), the authors would like to clarify that his new association with the above company started after the work reported in the manuscript was completed. Hence this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PKT ARP MJS. Performed the experiments: PKT LVV RSS PP. Analyzed the data: PKT RSS ARP MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARP MJS. Wrote the paper: PKT ARP MJS.