About the Authors

Anand Srivastava

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Structurale, F-75015 Paris, France, CNRS, URA2185, F-75015 Paris, France, INSERM, U665, F-75739 Paris, France, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, F-75739 Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Protéines de la membrane érythrocytaire, UMR-S665, F-75739 Paris, France

Stéphane Gangnard

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Structurale, F-75015 Paris, France, CNRS, URA2185, F-75015 Paris, France, INSERM, U665, F-75739 Paris, France, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, F-75739 Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Protéines de la membrane érythrocytaire, UMR-S665, F-75739 Paris, France

Sébastien Dechavanne

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Structurale, F-75015 Paris, France, CNRS, URA2185, F-75015 Paris, France, INSERM, U665, F-75739 Paris, France, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, F-75739 Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Protéines de la membrane érythrocytaire, UMR-S665, F-75739 Paris, France

Farroudja Amirat

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Structurale, F-75015 Paris, France, CNRS, URA2185, F-75015 Paris, France

Anita Lewit Bentley

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Structurale, F-75015 Paris, France, CNRS, URA2185, F-75015 Paris, France

Graham A. Bentley

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Immunologie Structurale, F-75015 Paris, France, CNRS, URA2185, F-75015 Paris, France

Benoît Gamain

benoit.gamain@inserm.fr

Affiliations INSERM, U665, F-75739 Paris, France, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, F-75739 Paris, France, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Protéines de la membrane érythrocytaire, UMR-S665, F-75739 Paris, France

Competing Interests

Although Sanofi-Aventis is supporting the INSERM program ATIP-Avenir, the authors have declared that this did not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS SG SD AB GB BG. Performed the experiments: AS SG SD FA. Analyzed the data: AS SG SD AB GB BG. Wrote the paper: AS SG SD AB GB BG.