About the Authors

Sandra N. Schlick

Current address: Experimental Pneumology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

C. David Wood

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Andrea Gunnell

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Helen M. Webb

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Sarika Khasnis

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Aloys Schepers

Current address: Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, München, Germany

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Michelle J. West

M.J.West@sussex.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJW SNS CDW. Performed the experiments: SNS CDW AG HW SK AS MJW. Analyzed the data: SNS CDW AG HW SK AS MJW. Wrote the paper: MJW.