About the Authors

Prabuddha Dey

Affiliation Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

Nikunj Mall

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

Atrayee Chattopadhyay

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

Monami Chakraborty

Affiliation Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

Mrinal K. Maiti

maitimk@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in

Affiliations Adv. Lab. for Plant Genetic Engineering, Advanced Technology Development Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKM. Performed the experiments: PD NM AC MC. Analyzed the data: PD NM MKM. Wrote the paper: PD MKM.