About the Authors

Zita Balklava

Affiliation Aston University, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom

Christian Niehage

Affiliation Biotechnologisches Zentrum, TU-Dresden, Tatzberg 47–49, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Heather Currinn

Affiliation Aston University, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom

Laura Mellor

Affiliation University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom

Benjamin Guscott

Affiliation Aston University, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom

Gino Poulin

Affiliation University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom

Bernard Hoflack

Affiliation Biotechnologisches Zentrum, TU-Dresden, Tatzberg 47–49, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Thomas Wassmer

t.wassmer@aston.ac.uk

Affiliation Aston University, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZB CN HC LM BG GP BH TW. Performed the experiments: ZB CN HC LM BG TW. Analyzed the data: ZB CN TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZB CN BH TW. Wrote the paper: ZB TW.