About the Authors

Anna Osiak

Current address: Mobile DNA Group, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Institute of Virology (CBF), Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany

Frank Radecke

Affiliation Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Eva Guhl

Affiliation Institute of Virology (CBF), Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany

Sarah Radecke

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg – Hessen, Ulm, Germany

Nadine Dannemann

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Fabienne Lütge

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Silke Glage

Affiliation Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Cornelia Rudolph

Affiliation JRG Genetic and Epigenetic Integrity, REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Tobias Cantz

Affiliation JRG Stem Cell Biology, REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Klaus Schwarz

Affiliations Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg – Hessen, Ulm, Germany

Regine Heilbronn

Affiliation Institute of Virology (CBF), Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany

Toni Cathomen

cathomen.toni@mh-hannover.de

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Institute of Virology (CBF), Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AO FR KS RH T. Cathomen. Performed the experiments: AO CR EG FL FR ND SG SR T. Cantz. Analyzed the data: AO CR EG FL FR ND SG SR T. Cathomen. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO CR EG FL FR KS ND SG RH SR T. Cantz T. Cathomen. Wrote the paper: AO FR T. Cathomen.