About the Authors

Amit Bhardwaj

Affiliations International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Sadhu Leelavathi

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Sudeshna Mazumdar-Leighton

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Amit Ghosh

Affiliation National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

Suryanarayanarao Ramakumar

Affiliations Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Bioinformatics Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Vanga S. Reddy

vsreddy@icgeb.res.in

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB VSR. Performed the experiments: AB SL. Analyzed the data: AB SL SML AG SR VSR. Wrote the paper: AB SML VSR.