About the Authors

Luke J. Alderwick

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Georgina S. Lloyd

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Hemza Ghadbane

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

John W. May

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Apoorva Bhatt

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Lothar Eggeling

Affiliation Institut für Biotechnologie I, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

Klaus Fütterer

K.Futterer@bham.ac.uk (KF); G.Besra@bham.ac.uk (GSB)

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Gurdyal S. Besra

K.Futterer@bham.ac.uk (KF); G.Besra@bham.ac.uk (GSB)

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJA KF GSB. Performed the experiments: LJA GSL HG AB KF. Analyzed the data: LJA HG JWM KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWM AB LE GSB. Wrote the paper: LJA KF GSB.