About the Authors

Annalisa Bianco

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Veronica Reghellin

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Lorena Donnici

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Simone Fenu

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Reinaldo Alvarez

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Chiara Baruffa

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Francesco Peri

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Massimiliano Pagani

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Sergio Abrignani

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Petra Neddermann

neddermann@ingm.org (PN) (PN); defrancesco@ingm.org (RDF) (RD)

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Raffaele De Francesco

neddermann@ingm.org (PN) (PN); defrancesco@ingm.org (RDF) (RD)

Affiliation Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Virology Program, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare (INGM), Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB MP SA PN RDF. Performed the experiments: AB RA SF VR CB LD. Analyzed the data: FP AB PN. Wrote the paper: PN RDF.