About the Authors

Isabelle Crevel

Affiliation Department Basic Medical Sciences, St. Georges University London, London, United Kingdom

Gilles Crevel

Affiliation Department Basic Medical Sciences, St. Georges University London, London, United Kingdom

Thierry Gostan

Affiliation DNA Combing Facility, Institute of Molecular Genetics, CNRS UMR 5535 and University Montpellier 1 and 2, Montpellier, France

Christelle de Renty

Current address: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation DNA Combing Facility, Institute of Molecular Genetics, CNRS UMR 5535 and University Montpellier 1 and 2, Montpellier, France

Vincent Coulon

Affiliation DNA Combing Facility, Institute of Molecular Genetics, CNRS UMR 5535 and University Montpellier 1 and 2, Montpellier, France

Sue Cotterill

s.cotterill@sgul.ac.uk

Affiliation Department Basic Medical Sciences, St. Georges University London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IC GC SC. Performed the experiments: IC GC TG CdR VC. Analyzed the data: IC GC TG SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IC GC SC CdR VC TG. Wrote the paper: IC SC.