About the Authors

Akhilendra Kumar Maurya

Affiliation Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Study in Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India

Manjula Vinayak

manjulavinayak@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Study in Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKM MV. Performed the experiments: AKM. Analyzed the data: AKM MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV. Wrote the paper: AKM MV.