About the Authors

Gidi Pelchovich

gidi78@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Shira Omer-Bendori

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Uri Gophna

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UG. Performed the experiments: GP SOB. Analyzed the data: GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP. Wrote the manuscript: GP UG.