About the Authors

Ronald Benjamin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Atoshi Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sharada Ramaseri Sunder

Affiliation Immunology, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Division, LEPRA-India, Blue Peter Public Health & Research Centre, Cherlapally, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sumanlatha Gaddam

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Bhagawan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri

Affiliation Immunology, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Division, LEPRA-India, Blue Peter Public Health & Research Centre, Cherlapally, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sharmistha Banerjee

sbanerjee.uohyd@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB SB. Performed the experiments: RB AB SRS. Analyzed the data: RB AB SG VLV SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG VLV SB. Wrote the paper: RB AB SB.