About the Authors

Bhupesh K. Prusty

Affiliation Biocenter, Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Linda Böhme

Affiliation Biocenter, Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Birgit Bergmann

Affiliation Biocenter, Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Christine Siegl

Affiliation Biocenter, Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Eva Krause

Affiliation Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany

Adrian Mehlitz

Affiliation Biocenter, Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Thomas Rudel

thomas.rudel@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Biocenter, Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BKP TR. Performed the experiments: BKP LB CS AM. Analyzed the data: BKP BB TR. Wrote the paper: BKP TR. Provided HCMV stocks: EK.