About the Authors

Lina Tawk

Current address: Unite d'Immunologie Moléculaire des Parasites, Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Affiliation UMR 5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Jean-François Dubremetz

Affiliation UMR 5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Philippe Montcourrier

Affiliation UMR 5237 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Gaëtan Chicanne

Affiliation INSERM U563, Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, CHU Toulouse, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France

Fabrice Merezegue

Affiliation UMR 5237 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Véronique Richard

Affiliation Service Commun de Microscopie Electronique, Université de Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Bernard Payrastre

Affiliation INSERM U563, Université Toulouse III Paul-Sabatier, CHU Toulouse, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France

Markus Meissner

Affiliation Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, Parasitology, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Henri J. Vial

Affiliation UMR 5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Christian Roy

Affiliation UMR 5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Kai Wengelnik

Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Wengelnik, Maryse Lebrun

mylebrun@univ-montp2.fr (ML); kaiweng@univ-montp2.fr (KW)

Affiliation UMR 5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Maryse Lebrun

Contributed equally to this work with: Kai Wengelnik, Maryse Lebrun

mylebrun@univ-montp2.fr (ML); kaiweng@univ-montp2.fr (KW)

Affiliation UMR 5235 CNRS, Université Montpellier 1 & 2, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KW ML. Performed the experiments: LT JFD PM GC FM VR KW ML. Analyzed the data: LT JFD BP HJV CR KW ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM. Wrote the paper: KW ML.