About the Authors

Martin R. Schmid

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin R. Schmid, Ines Anderl

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Ines Anderl

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin R. Schmid, Ines Anderl

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Institute of Biomedical Technology (BioMediTech), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Laura Vesala

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology (BioMediTech), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Leena-Maija Vanha-aho

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology (BioMediTech), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Xiao-Juan Deng

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Mika Rämet

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology (BioMediTech), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Dan Hultmark

dan.hultmark@ucmp.umu.se

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Institute of Biomedical Technology (BioMediTech), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRS IA DH. Performed the experiments: MRS IA LV LMV XJD. Analyzed the data: MRS IA DH MR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MRS IA DH.