About the Authors

Gautam Dey

Affiliation Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Gagan D. Gupta

Affiliation Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

Balaji Ramalingam

Affiliation Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bangalore, India

Mugdha Sathe

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, UAS/GKVK Campus, Bangalore, India

Satyajit Mayor

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, UAS/GKVK Campus, Bangalore, India

Mukund Thattai

thattai@ncbs.res.in

Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, UAS/GKVK Campus, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

Mukund Thattai a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, and a co-author of this submission. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GDG SM. Performed the experiments: GDG. Analyzed the data: GD BR MS MT. Wrote the paper: GD SM MT. Developed the statistical methods: GD MT.