About the Authors

Sandeep Kumar

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India

Abhijit A. Sardesai

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India

Debashree Basu

Affiliation Laboratory of Structural Biology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India

Kalappagowda Muniyappa

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Seyed E. Hasnain

seh@uohyd.ernet.in

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK AAS DB. Performed the experiments: SK DB. Analyzed the data: SK AAS DB SEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SEH. Wrote the paper: SK AAS DB KM SEH.