About the Authors

Roshni Roy Chowdhury

rroychowdhu@sycamores.indstate.edu (RRC); y_aachoui@yahoo.fr (YA); Swapan.Ghosh@indstate.edu (SKG)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Youssef Aachoui

rroychowdhu@sycamores.indstate.edu (RRC); y_aachoui@yahoo.fr (YA); Swapan.Ghosh@indstate.edu (SKG)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Swapan K. Ghosh

rroychowdhu@sycamores.indstate.edu (RRC); y_aachoui@yahoo.fr (YA); Swapan.Ghosh@indstate.edu (SKG)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

This research was initiated with a grant support from Cook Biotech. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRC YA SKG. Performed the experiments: RRC YA. Analyzed the data: RRC YA SKG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRC YA SKG. Wrote the paper: RRC YA SKG.