About the Authors

Vikram Saini

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India, Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Saurabh Raghuvanshi

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Gursaran P. Talwar

Affiliation Talwar Research Foundation, New Delhi, India

Niyaz Ahmed

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Jitendra P. Khurana

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Seyed E. Hasnain

Affiliations Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India

Akhilesh K. Tyagi

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Anil K. Tyagi

aniltyagi@south.du.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS Anil Tyagi. Performed the experiments: VS. Analyzed the data: VS SR NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT NA JPK SEH Akhilesh Tyagi. Wrote the paper: VS SEH Akhilesh Tyagi Anil Tyagi.