About the Authors

Jonas Helma

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science, Munich, Germany

Katrin Schmidthals

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, ChromoTek GmbH, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

Vanda Lux

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Stefan Nüske

Affiliation Livestock Center of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Armin M. Scholz

Affiliation Livestock Center of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Hans-Georg Kräusslich

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Ulrich Rothbauer

ulrich.rothbauer@uni-tuebingen.de (UR); h.leonhardt@lmu.de (HL)

Current address: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, ChromoTek GmbH, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

Heinrich Leonhardt

ulrich.rothbauer@uni-tuebingen.de (UR); h.leonhardt@lmu.de (HL)

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

JH, KS, UR and HL are shareholders of the commercial company ChromoTek GmbH. However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No patents, products in development or marketed products relating to the subject of this study are available or planned. The reagents described in this study will be available upon request.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH HGK UR HL. Performed the experiments: JH KS. Analyzed the data: JH KS HGK UR HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VL SN AMS. Wrote the paper: JH HGK UR HL.