About the Authors

Karen De Pourcq

Affiliations Unit for Medical Biotechnology, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Petra Tiels

Affiliations Unit for Medical Biotechnology, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, L-Probe, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Annelies Van Hecke

Affiliations Unit for Medical Biotechnology, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Steven Geysens

Affiliations Unit for Medical Biotechnology, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Oxyrane Belgium, Ghent, Belgium

Wouter Vervecken

Affiliations Unit for Medical Biotechnology, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Oxyrane Belgium, Ghent, Belgium

Nico Callewaert

Nico.Callewaert@dmbr.vib-UGent.be

Affiliations Unit for Medical Biotechnology, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, L-Probe, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDP PT SG WV NC. Performed the experiments: KDP AVH. Analyzed the data: KDP PT NC. Wrote the paper: KDP.