About the Authors
- Sadaf Hasan
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Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
- Mohd Danishuddin
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mohd Danishuddin, Mohd Adil
Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
- Mohd Adil
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mohd Danishuddin, Mohd Adil
Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
- Kunal Singh
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Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
- Praveen K. Verma
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Affiliation National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
- Asad U. Khan
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* E-mail: asad.k@rediffmail.com
Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Competing Interests
Co-author Asad U Khan is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AUK. Performed the experiments: SH MD MA KS. Analyzed the data: AUK PKV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AUK PKV. Wrote the paper: SH AUK.