About the Authors

Sabiha Shaik

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Narender Kumar

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Aditya K. Lankapalli

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Sumeet K. Tiwari

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Ramani Baddam

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Niyaz Ahmed

niyaz.ahmed@uohyd.ac.in

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA SS NK. Performed the experiments: SS AKL NK SKT RB. Analyzed the data: SS AKL SKT RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NA. Wrote the paper: NA SS.