This work was supported by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) New Delhi, India grant no. BT/PR8918/NNT/28/05/2007.
The authors thank Swati Aerry and Mitasha Bharadwaj for this work and Dr. Y. Singh (Scientist “G”, IGIB, Delhi) for carrying out the cytotoxicity work in his lab.
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