About the Authors

Rajender Rao Kalashikam

Affiliation Molecular Genetics, National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science (NCLAS), National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India

Kiran Kumar Battula

Affiliation Molecular Genetics, National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science (NCLAS), National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India

Veerababu Kirlampalli

Affiliation Molecular Genetics, National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science (NCLAS), National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India

Jeffrey M. Friedman

Jeffrey.Friedman@rockefeller.edu (JMF); nappanveettil@yahoo.com (GN)

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Giridharan Nappanveettil

Jeffrey.Friedman@rockefeller.edu (JMF); nappanveettil@yahoo.com (GN)

Affiliation Molecular Genetics, National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science (NCLAS), National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRK GN JMF. Performed the experiments: RRK VK KKB. Analyzed the data: RRK KKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRK GN JMF. Wrote the manuscript: RRK KKB. Edited: GN JMF.