About the Authors

Aisha Farhana

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India

Sandeep Kumar

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India

Shailendra S. Rathore

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Prahlad C. Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Nasreen Z. Ehtesham

Affiliation Molecular Biology Unit, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

Anil K. Tyagi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Seyed E. Hasnain

seh@uohyd.ernet.in

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad University Campus, Hyderabad, India, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF SH. Performed the experiments: AF SK SR. Analyzed the data: AF SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT PG NE. Wrote the paper: AF SH.