About the Authors

Sylvaine Huc-Brandt

Affiliations Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, F-34095 France, Inserm, U710, Montpellier, F-34095 France, EPHE, Paris, F-75007 France

Nelson Hieu

Affiliations Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, F-34095 France, Inserm, U710, Montpellier, F-34095 France, EPHE, Paris, F-75007 France

Thibaut Imberdis

Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Boston, MA 02118, United States of America

Nicolas Cubedo

Affiliations Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, F-34095 France, Inserm, U710, Montpellier, F-34095 France, EPHE, Paris, F-75007 France

Michelle Silhol

Affiliations Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, F-34095 France, Inserm, U710, Montpellier, F-34095 France, EPHE, Paris, F-75007 France

Patricia L. A. Leighton

Affiliation Center for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada

Thomas Domaschke

Affiliations Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, F-34095 France, Inserm, U710, Montpellier, F-34095 France, EPHE, Paris, F-75007 France

W. Ted Allison

Affiliation Center for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada

Véronique Perrier

Affiliations Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, F-34095 France, Inserm, U710, Montpellier, F-34095 France, EPHE, Paris, F-75007 France

Mireille Rossel

mireille.rossel@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliations Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, F-34095 France, Inserm, U710, Montpellier, F-34095 France, EPHE, Paris, F-75007 France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHB MR. Performed the experiments: SHB NH TI TD MS NC PLAL MR. Analyzed the data: SHB NH TI NC MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VP NC WTA MR. Wrote the paper: SHB MR. Edited the paper: SHB NC MS TD VP PLAL WTA MR.