About the Authors

Nasir Salam

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Shashank Gupta

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Sachin Sharma

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Shweta Pahujani

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Aprajita Sinha

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Rajiv K. Saxena

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Krishnamurthy Natarajan

natrajan@icgeb.res.in

Affiliation Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS SG KN. Performed the experiments: NS SG SS SP AS. Analyzed the data: NS SG KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS. Wrote the paper: NS KN.