About the Authors

S. P. Sujitha

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India

D. Thirumal Kumar

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India

C. George Priya Doss

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India

K. Aavula

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India

R. Ramesh

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India

S. Lakshmanan

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Government Vellore Medical College, Vellore, India

S. Gunasekaran

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India

G. Anilkumar

gopianilkumar@gmail.com; ganilkumar@vit.ac.in

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPS KA RR SL SG GA. Performed the experiments: SPS DTK CGPD SG GA. Analyzed the data: SPS CGPD GA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPS DTK CGPD KA RR SL SG GA. Wrote the paper: SPS CGPD GA.