About the Authors

Alexandra Castilho

Affiliation Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Laura Neumann

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Pia Gattinger

Affiliation Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Richard Strasser

Affiliation Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Karola Vorauer-Uhl

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Sterovsky

Affiliation Polymun Scientific GmbH, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Friedrich Altmann

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Herta Steinkellner

herta.steinkellner@boku.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

Thomas Sterovsky is employed by Polymun Scientific GmbH. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC HS. Performed the experiments: AC LN PG. Analyzed the data: AC LN FA TS KVU RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS KVU. Wrote the paper: AC HS.