About the Authors

Darya A. Haas

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Kiran Bala

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Guntram Büsche

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Magdalena Weidner-Glunde

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Susann Santag

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Semra Kati

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Silvia Gramolelli

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Modester Damas

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Oliver Dittrich-Breiholz

Affiliation Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Michael Kracht

Affiliation Rudolf-Buchheim-Institute of Pharmacology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Jessica Rückert

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Zoltan Varga

Affiliation Vichem Chemie Research Ltd., Budapest, Hungary

György Keri

Affiliations Vichem Chemie Research Ltd., Budapest, Hungary, Department of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Thomas F. Schulz

schulz.thomas@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

Drs. Varga and Keri are employed by VICHEM Ltd, a company specialised in the synthesis of kinase inhibitors. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials. All authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAH KB GB MWG ODB ZV GK TFS. Performed the experiments: DAH KB GB MWG SS SK SG MD ODB JR ZV. Analyzed the data: DAH KB GB MWG ODB MK JR ZV GK TFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB MWG SK ODB MK ZV GK TFS. Wrote the paper: DAH TFS.