About the Authors

Johann Almendinger

Contributed equally to this work with: Johann Almendinger, Kimon Doukoumetzidis

johann.almendinger@imls.uzh.ch

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Molecular Life Sciences PhD Program, Life Science Zurich Graduate School, UZH/ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland

Kimon Doukoumetzidis

Contributed equally to this work with: Johann Almendinger, Kimon Doukoumetzidis

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jason M. Kinchen

Affiliation Center for Cell Clearance and the Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Andres Kaech

Affiliation Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Kodi S. Ravichandran

Affiliation Center for Cell Clearance and the Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Michael O. Hengartner

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: JA. Contributed to the generation of nematode transgenics, fluorescence microscopy studies and conducted the unbiased screen: JA KD. Performed the mammalian cell culture experiments: JMK. Performed high-pressure freezing and freeze substitution for TEM: AK JA. Performed transmission electron microscopy: JA. Contributed to editing of the manuscript: JA KD JMK AK KSR MOH. Contributed to the data analysis, project planning and writing of the manuscript: MOH KSR.