About the Authors

Annette Kaiser

Contributed equally to this work with: Annette Kaiser, Barbara Langer

kaiser@microbiology-bonn.de

Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Institute for Pharmacogenetics, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany

Barbara Langer

Contributed equally to this work with: Annette Kaiser, Barbara Langer

Affiliations Medical Research Centre, Institute for Pharmacogenetics, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany, Institute for Pharmacology, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany

Jude Przyborski

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, FB Biology, Phillipps University Marburg, Karl-von Frisch-Strasse 8, 34043 Marburg, Germany

David Kersting

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Institute for Pharmacogenetics, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany

Mirko Krüger

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Medical Research Centre, Institute for Pharmacogenetics, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: BL DK MK AK. Analyzed the data: AK BL DK MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK BL JP DK MK. Wrote the paper: AK. Performed the cloning experiments: BL. Participated in the experimental part of the manuscript: DK MK. Performed immunolocalization experiments: JP. Obtained the grants, designed the experiments and participated in the bichemical experiments: AK.