About the Authors

Desigan Kumaran

Affiliation Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Richa Rawat

Affiliation Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

S. Ashraf Ahmed

Affiliation Integrated Toxicology Division, US Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Subramanyam Swaminathan

swami@bnl.gov

Affiliation Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS. Performed the experiments: DK RR. Analyzed the data: DK RR SAA SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAA. Wrote the paper: DK SS.