About the Authors

Heike Singer

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Arijit Biswas

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Nicole Nuesgen

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Johannes Oldenburg

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Osman El-Maarri

osman.elmaarri@ukb.uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

OEM is an academic editor at PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS OEM. Performed the experiments: HS NN. Analyzed the data: HS AB OEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB JO. Wrote the paper: HS AB OEM.