About the Authors

Soumya Alige Mahabala Rao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Sujaya Srinivasan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Irene Rosita Pia Patric

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Alangar Sathyaranjandas Hegde

Affiliation Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India

Bangalore Ashwathnarayanara Chandramouli

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Arivazhagan Arimappamagan

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Vani Santosh

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Paturu Kondaiah

Affiliation Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Manchanahalli R. Sathyanarayana Rao

Affiliation Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Kumaravel Somasundaram

skumar@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAR KS. Performed the experiments: SAR SS. Analyzed the data: SAR SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IRP ASH BAC AA VS PK MRSR. Wrote the paper: SAR SS KS.