About the Authors

Pietro Scaturro

pietro.scaturro@med.uni-heidelberg.de (PS); ralf.bartenschlager@med.uni-heidelberg.de (RB)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Mirko Cortese

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Laurent Chatel-Chaix

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Wolfgang Fischl

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Ralf Bartenschlager

pietro.scaturro@med.uni-heidelberg.de (PS); ralf.bartenschlager@med.uni-heidelberg.de (RB)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS MC RB. Performed the experiments: PS MC. Analyzed the data: PS WF LCC MC RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WF LCC. Wrote the paper: PS RB.