About the Authors

Prashanthi Karyala

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Nima D. Namsa

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Durga Rao Chilakalapudi

cdr@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRC. Performed the experiments: PK NDN DRC. Analyzed the data: PK DRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRC. Wrote the paper: PK DRC.