About the Authors

Michael C Schmid

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Florine Scheidegger

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Michaela Dehio

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Nadège Balmelle-Devaux

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Ralf Schulein

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Patrick Guye

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Cuddapah S Chennakesava

Affiliation Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Barbara Biedermann

Affiliation Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Christoph Dehio

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: christoph.dehio@unibas.ch

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

CD conceived and designed the experiments. MCS, FS, MD, and NBD performed the experiments. MCS, FS, MD, and CD analyzed the data. RS, PG, CSC, and BB contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. MCS and CD wrote the paper.