About the Authors

Anneleen Cornelissen

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Pieter-Jan Ceyssens

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jeroen T'Syen

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Helena Van Praet

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jean-Paul Noben

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute and Transnational University Limburg, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Olga V. Shaburova

Affiliation State Institute for Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia

Victor N. Krylov

Affiliation State Institute for Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia

Guido Volckaert

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Rob Lavigne

rob.lavigne@biw.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC GV RL. Performed the experiments: AC JT HV P-JC VK OS JN. Analyzed the data: AC P-JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN VK. Wrote the paper: AC P-JC GV RL.