About the Authors

Sophia Magen

Affiliation Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Virology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Roberta Magnani

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Sitvanit Haziza

Affiliation Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Virology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Eli Hershkovitz

Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel

Robert Houtz

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Franca Cambi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Ruti Parvari

ruthi@bgu.ac.il

Affiliations Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Virology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM RM RH RP. Performed the experiments: SM RM SH FC. Analyzed the data: SM RM RH FC EH RP. Wrote the paper: SM RM RH FC RP. Contributed lympoblastoid cells: EH.