About the Authors

Manas Das

Affiliation Biochemical Adaptation Laboratory, Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India

Bodhisattwa Banerjee

Affiliation Biochemical Adaptation Laboratory, Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India

Mahua G. Choudhury

Affiliation Biochemical Adaptation Laboratory, Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India

Nirmalendu Saha

nsaha@nehu.ac.in

Affiliation Biochemical Adaptation Laboratory, Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS. Performed the experiments: MD BB MGC. Analyzed the data: MD BB MGC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS. Wrote the manuscript: NS MD.