About the Authors

Virginia S. Lioy

Current address: Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91190, France

Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Andrea Volante

Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Nora E. Soberón

Current address: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Madrid, Spain

Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Rudi Lurz

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, D-1000 Berlin, Germany

Silvia Ayora

Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Juan C. Alonso

jcalonso@cnb.csic.es

Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, Darwin Str. 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VSL AV NES RL. Performed the experiments: VSL AV NES RL. Analyzed the data: VSL AV SA JCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VSL AV NES RL SA. Wrote the paper: VSL AV SA JCA.