About the Authors

Bianka Mussil

Affiliation Molecular Retrovirology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Rodolphe Suspène

Affiliation Molecular Retrovirology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Marie-Ming Aynaud

Affiliation Molecular Retrovirology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Anne Gauvrit

Affiliation Molecular Retrovirology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Jean-Pierre Vartanian

Affiliation Molecular Retrovirology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Simon Wain-Hobson

simon.wain-hobson@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Molecular Retrovirology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

Jean-Pierre Vartanian, co-author of this manuscript is also an Academemic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPV SWH. Performed the experiments: BM RS MMA AG. Analyzed the data: BM JPV SWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BM RS MMA AG. Wrote the manuscript: BM JPV SWH.