About the Authors

Anke Bill

Affiliation Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Anton Schmitz

Affiliation Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Katharina König

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Lukas C. Heukamp

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Jeffrey S. Hannam

Affiliation Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Michael Famulok

m.famulok@uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Unit, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

Dr. Schmitz and Dr. Famulok are co-owners of a patent on small molecule cytohesin inhibitors entitled “Use of cytohesin inhibitors for chemically inducing longevity” (WO2008058995, US 20100048594). Dr. Famulok is co-inventor on a patent application entitled “Cytohesin inhibitors” (European Patent Application EP2286808 (WO2006053903). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF AS AB. Performed the experiments: AB AS KK JSH LH. Analyzed the data: AB AS LH MF. Wrote the paper: AS MF.