About the Authors

María Cervantes

Contributed equally to this work with: María Cervantes, Ana Vila

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Ana Vila

Contributed equally to this work with: María Cervantes, Ana Vila

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Francisco E. Nicolás

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Murcia, Spain

Simon Moxon

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Juan P. de Haro

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Tamas Dalmay

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Santiago Torres-Martínez

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Rosa M Ruiz-Vázquez

rmruiz@um.es

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: STM TD RRV. Performed the experiments: MC AV FEN JPH. Analyzed the data: FEN SM STM TD RRV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FEN SM TD RRV. Wrote the paper: FEN TD STM RRV.