About the Authors

Juan P. de Macêdo

Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Gabriela Schumann Burkard

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Moritz Niemann

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Michael P. Barrett

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, and Glasgow Polyomics, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Henri Vial

Affiliation Dynamique Moléculaire des Interactions Membranaires, CNRS UMR 5235, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

Pascal Mäser

Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Isabel Roditi

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

André Schneider

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Peter Bütikofer

peter.buetikofer@ibmm.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPdM GSB MN MPB PM IR AS PB. Performed the experiments: JPdM. Analyzed the data: JPdM GSB MPB PM IR AS PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HV MPB. Wrote the paper: JPdM MN MPB HV PM IR AS PB.