About the Authors

Archita Das

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Calcutta University College of Science, Kolkata, India

Neekkan Dey

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Calcutta University College of Science, Kolkata, India

Arunava Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Calcutta University College of Science, Kolkata, India

Shovanendu Das

Affiliation VLCC Health Care, Jodhpurpark, Kolkata, India

Dhruba J. Chattopadhyay

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Calcutta University College of Science, Kolkata, India

Indu B. Chatterjee

ibc123@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Calcutta University College of Science, Kolkata, India

Competing Interests

SD is an In-House Physician in VLCC Health Care. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IBC. Performed the experiments: AD ND AG SD DJC. Analyzed the data: AD ND IBC. Wrote the paper: IBC AD.