About the Authors

Hans Hombauer

Current address: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

David Weismann

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Ingrid Mudrak

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Claudia Stanzel

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Fellner

Current address: Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Daniel H Lackner

Current address: The Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Egon Ogris

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: egon.ogris@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

Egon Ogris serves as a consultant to Millipore/Upstate Corporation.

Author Contributions

HH, DW, and EO conceived and designed the experiments. HH, DW, IM, and CS performed the experiments. HH, DW, IM, CS, and EO analyzed the data. TF and DHL contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. HH and EO wrote the paper.