About the Authors

Ohad Yogev

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Orli Yogev

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Esti Singer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Eitan Shaulian

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Michal Goldberg

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Thomas D. Fox

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Ophry Pines

ophryp@ekmd.huji.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: Ohad Yogev, Orli Yogev, Eitan Shaulian, Michal Goldberg, Thomas D. Fox, Ophry Pines. Performed the experiments: Ohad Yogev, Orli Yogev, Esti Singer, Thomas D. Fox. Analyzed the data: Ohad Yogev, Orli Yogev, Eitan Shaulian, Michal Goldberg, Thomas D. Fox, Ophry Pines. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Michal Goldberg, Thomas D. Fox, Ophry Pines. Wrote the paper: Ohad Yogev, Michal Goldberg, Ophry Pines.