About the Authors

Sukhdeep Kumar

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Prerna Sharma

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Chandigarh, India

Kanika Arora

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Manoj Raje

Affiliation Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Chandigarh, India

Purnananda Guptasarma

guptasarma@iisermohali.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK PS KA MR PG. Performed the experiments: SK PS KA MR PG. Analyzed the data: SK PS KA MR PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK PS KA MR PG. Wrote the paper: SK PS KA PG.