About the Authors

Markus Schrettl

Contributed equally to this work with: Markus Schrettl, Elaine Bignell

Affiliation Biocenter-Divison of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Elaine Bignell

Contributed equally to this work with: Markus Schrettl, Elaine Bignell

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Claudia Kragl

Affiliation Biocenter-Divison of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Yasmin Sabiha

Affiliation Biocenter-Divison of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Omar Loss

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Martin Eisendle

Affiliation Biocenter-Divison of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Anja Wallner

Affiliation Biocenter-Divison of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Herbert N Arst Jr.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Ken Haynes

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Hubertus Haas

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Hubertus.haas@i-med.ac.at

Affiliation Biocenter-Divison of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. A patent application has been filed on aspects of this work, and some authors potentially have patent rights.

Author Contributions

MS, EB, OL, AW, and HH conceived and designed the experiments. MS, EB, CK, YS, OL, ME, AW, and HH performed the experiments. MS, EB, CK, YS, ME, HNA, KH, and HH analyzed the data. EB, HNA, KH, and HH contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. MS, EB, HNA, KH, and HH wrote the paper.