About the Authors

Predrag Kalajdzic

pedja@ibiss.bg.ac.rs

Affiliations Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Stefan Oehler

Current address: Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

Affiliation Institute of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Varkiza, Greece

Martin Reczko

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Oncology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Varkiza, Greece

Nena Pavlidi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

John Vontas

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Oncology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Varkiza, Greece

Charalambos Savakis

Affiliations Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, Institute of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Varkiza, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr John Vontas is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PK SO CS. Performed the experiments: PK. Analyzed the data: PK SO MR NP AGH CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR NP JV AGH CS. Wrote the paper: PK SO MR JV CS.