About the Authors

Stefan A. Koestler

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Klemens Rottner

Affiliation Cytoskeleton Dynamics Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany

Frank Lai

Affiliation Cytoskeleton Dynamics Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany

Jennifer Block

Affiliation Cytoskeleton Dynamics Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany

Marlene Vinzenz

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

J. Victor Small

vic.small@imba.oeaw.ac.at

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KR JVS. Performed the experiments: SAK JB MV. Analyzed the data: SAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR JVS. Wrote the paper: SAK JVS. Helped with microscopy: FL. Performed the double-bleach experiments as depicted in Figure 1: JB. Helped with electron microscopy and counting filaments: MV.