About the Authors

Olaf Isken

Affiliation Institute of Virology and Cell Biology, University of Lübeck, Germany

Ulrike Langerwisch

Affiliation Institute of Virology and Cell Biology, University of Lübeck, Germany

Vlastimil Jirasko

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Dirk Rehders

Affiliation Joint Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation of the University of Hamburg and the University of Lübeck, DESY, Hamburg, Germany

Lars Redecke

Affiliation Joint Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation of the University of Hamburg and the University of Lübeck, DESY, Hamburg, Germany

Harish Ramanathan

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Brett D. Lindenbach

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Ralf Bartenschlager

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Norbert Tautz

tautz@vuz.uni-luebeck.de

Affiliation Institute of Virology and Cell Biology, University of Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OI NT RB VJ. Performed the experiments: OI UL VJ. Analyzed the data: OI UL VJ RB DR LR NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDL HR. Wrote the paper: OI VJ RB NT.