About the Authors

Maha Zakhour

Affiliation INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France

Nathalie Ruvoën-Clouet

Affiliations INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, Nantes, France

Annie Charpilienne

Affiliation INRA UMR 1157, CNRS UMR 2472, IFR 115, Gif sur Yvette, France

Brigitte Langpap

Affiliation University of Luebeck, Institute of Chemistry, Luebeck, Germany

Didier Poncet

Affiliation INRA UMR 1157, CNRS UMR 2472, IFR 115, Gif sur Yvette, France

Thomas Peters

Affiliation University of Luebeck, Institute of Chemistry, Luebeck, Germany

Nicolai Bovin

Affiliation Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

Jacques Le Pendu

jlependu@nantes.inserm.fr

Affiliation INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NRC TP JLP. Performed the experiments: MZ NRC BL. Analyzed the data: MZ NRC BL TP JLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC DP NB. Wrote the paper: TP JLP.