About the Authors

Tiina S. Rasila

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Mauno Vihinen

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, BioMediTech, Tampere, Finland, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Lars Paulin

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Saija Haapa-Paananen

Current address: VTT Medical Biotechnology, Turku, Finland

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Harri Savilahti

harri.savilahti@utu.fi

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TSR HS. Performed the experiments: TSR SH-P. Analyzed the data: TSR MV HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP. Wrote the paper: TSR MV HS.