About the Authors

Haroun Zangger

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Vaud, Switzerland

Asrat Hailu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Chantal Desponds

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Vaud, Switzerland

Lon-Fye Lye

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Natalia S. Akopyants

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Deborah E. Dobson

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Catherine Ronet

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Vaud, Switzerland

Hashim Ghalib

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Vaud, Switzerland

Stephen M. Beverley

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Nicolas Fasel

Nicolas.Fasel@unil.ch

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Vaud, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ AH CR HG SMB NF. Performed the experiments: HZ CD LFL NSA DED. Analyzed the data: HZ AH HG LFL SMB NF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH HG. Wrote the paper: HZ SMB NF.