About the Authors

Ludovic Tailleux

Contributed equally to this work with: Ludovic Tailleux, Simon J. Waddell, Mattia Pelizzola, Alessandra Mortellaro

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unit of Mycobacterial Genetics, Paris, France

Simon J. Waddell

Contributed equally to this work with: Ludovic Tailleux, Simon J. Waddell, Mattia Pelizzola, Alessandra Mortellaro

Affiliation Medical Microbiology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Mattia Pelizzola

Contributed equally to this work with: Ludovic Tailleux, Simon J. Waddell, Mattia Pelizzola, Alessandra Mortellaro

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Alessandra Mortellaro

Contributed equally to this work with: Ludovic Tailleux, Simon J. Waddell, Mattia Pelizzola, Alessandra Mortellaro

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Michael Withers

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Antoine Tanne

Current address: Departement of Molecular Mechanisms of Mycobacterial Infections, Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5089, Toulouse, France

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unit of Mycobacterial Genetics, Paris, France

Paola Ricciardi Castagnoli

Current address: Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Biomedical Sciences Institutes, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), IMMUNOS, Singapore, Singapore,

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Brigitte Gicquel

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unit of Mycobacterial Genetics, Paris, France

Neil G. Stoker

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: neil.stoker@rvc.ac.uk (NS); butcherp@sgul.ac.uk (PB); maria.foti@unimib.it (MF); olivier.neyrolles@ipbs.fr (ON)

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Philip D. Butcher

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: neil.stoker@rvc.ac.uk (NS); butcherp@sgul.ac.uk (PB); maria.foti@unimib.it (MF); olivier.neyrolles@ipbs.fr (ON)

Affiliation Medical Microbiology, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Maria Foti

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: neil.stoker@rvc.ac.uk (NS); butcherp@sgul.ac.uk (PB); maria.foti@unimib.it (MF); olivier.neyrolles@ipbs.fr (ON)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Olivier Neyrolles

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: neil.stoker@rvc.ac.uk (NS); butcherp@sgul.ac.uk (PB); maria.foti@unimib.it (MF); olivier.neyrolles@ipbs.fr (ON)

Current address: Departement of Molecular Mechanisms of Mycobacterial Infections, Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier, UMR 5089, Toulouse, France

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unit of Mycobacterial Genetics, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB ON BG NS LT SW PR AM MF. Performed the experiments: ON LT SW AM AT. Analyzed the data: PB ON BG NS LT SW PR AM MP MW MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB ON NS LT SW AM MP MW MF. Wrote the paper: PB ON BG NS LT SW PR AM MP MF. Other: Contributed to obtaining funding: NS BG PB PR ON. Co-senior authors: MF ON.