About the Authors

Ewelina A. Wojcik

Affiliations Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland, Department of Genetics of Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Anna Brzostek

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland

Albino Bacolla

Affiliation The University of Texas at Austin, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Pawel Mackiewicz

Affiliation Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Karen M. Vasquez

Affiliation The University of Texas at Austin, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Malgorzata Korycka-Machala

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland

Adam Jaworski

Affiliation Department of Genetics of Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Jaroslaw Dziadek

jdziadek@cbm.pan.pl

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Bacolla JD EAW. Performed the experiments: EAW A. Brzostek MKM PM. Analyzed the data: EAW JD A. Bacolla PM AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD A. Bacolla PM KMV. Wrote the paper: EAW JD A. Bacolla.