About the Authors

Anton A. Nizhnikov

Affiliations Dept. of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, St. Petersburg Branch, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

Alexander I. Alexandrov

Affiliation A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Tatyana A. Ryzhova

Affiliations Dept. of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, St. Petersburg Branch, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

Olga V. Mitkevich

Affiliation A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Alexander A. Dergalev

Affiliation A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Michael D. Ter-Avanesyan

Affiliation A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Alexey P. Galkin

apgalkin@mail.ru

Affiliations Dept. of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, St. Petersburg Branch, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAN AIA TAR OVM MDT APG. Performed the experiments: AAN AIA TAR OVM AAD. Analyzed the data: AAN AIA TAR OVM MDT APG. Wrote the paper: AAN AIA MDT APG.