About the Authors

Nicola Beckmann

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Lukas Schafferer

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Markus Schrettl

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Ulrike Binder

Affiliation Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Heribert Talasz

Affiliation Division of Clinical Biochemistry/Biocenter; Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Herbert Lindner

Affiliation Division of Clinical Biochemistry/Biocenter; Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Hubertus Haas

hubertus.haas@i-med.ac.at

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB LS MS UB HT HL HH. Performed the experiments: NB LS MS UB HT. Analyzed the data: NB LS MS UB HT HL HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HL HH. Wrote the paper: NB HH.