About the Authors

Ferdinand Ngale Njume

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Biotechnology Unit, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Luc Vanhamme, Jacob Souopgui

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Biotechnology Unit, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Robert Adamu Shey

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Biotechnology Unit, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Lea Olive Tchouate Gainkam

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Philippe Poelvoorde

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Perrine Humblet

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation École de santé publique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

Joseph Kamgno

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Centre for research on filariasis and other tropical diseases, Yaounde, Cameroon

Annie Robert

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculté de santé publique, Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique, Pôle d'épidémiologie et biostatistique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle-aux-champs, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium

Leon Mutesa

Roles Resources

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

Christophe Lelubre

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratoire de Médecine Expérimentale, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)—Unité 222, CHU Charleroi (Hôpital André Vésale), Rue de Gozée, Montigny-Le-Tilleul, Belgium

Evelina Edelweiss

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg, UMR7104, Illkirch, France

Arnaud Poterszman

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR7104, Illkirch, France, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg, UMR7104, Illkirch, France

Susi Anheuser

Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation LIMES Institute, Membrane Biology & Lipid Biochemistry Unit, c/o Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Luc Vanhamme

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Luc Vanhamme, Jacob Souopgui

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Jacob Souopgui

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Luc Vanhamme, Jacob Souopgui

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Jacob.Souopgui@ulb.ac.be

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology and Molecular Medicine, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.