About the Authors

Juozas Nainys

Affiliation Department of Eukaryote Genetic Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Albertas Timinskas

Affiliation Department of Eukaryote Genetic Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Julia Schneider

Affiliation Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Rainer G. Ulrich

Affiliation Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Alma Gedvilaite

alma.gedvilaite@bti.vu.lt

Affiliation Department of Eukaryote Genetic Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN AG. Performed the experiments: JN AT AG. Analyzed the data: JN AT JS RGU AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS RGU. Wrote the paper: AT RGU AG.