About the Authors

Morten Kjos

Contributed equally to this work with: Morten Kjos, Eric Miller

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Eric Miller

Contributed equally to this work with: Morten Kjos, Eric Miller

Affiliations Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jelle Slager

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Frank B. Lake

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Oliver Gericke

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Ian S. Roberts

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Daniel E. Rozen

d.e.rozen@biology.leidenuniv.nl (DER); j.w.veening@rug.nl (JWV)

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

Jan-Willem Veening

d.e.rozen@biology.leidenuniv.nl (DER); j.w.veening@rug.nl (JWV)

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK EM DER JWV. Performed the experiments: MK EM JS FBL OG. Analyzed the data: MK EM DER JWV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISR. Wrote the paper: MK EM DER JWV.