About the Authors

Manish Manish

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Amit Rahi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Manpreet Kaur

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Rakesh Bhatnagar

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Samer Singh

samersingh@gmail.com

Affiliation Special Centre for Nano Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The current work is related to a patent application number 3469/DEL/2012 titled “Novel anthrax vaccine formulation” which deals with making of PA containing PLGA nanoparticles. This association does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MM RB. Performed the experiments: MM AR. Analyzed the data: MM SS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS MM RB AR MK. Wrote the paper: SS MM RB.