About the Authors

Oliver Bannach

Contributed equally to this work with: Oliver Bannach, Eva Birkmann

bannacho@hhu.de

Affiliation Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Eva Birkmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Oliver Bannach, Eva Birkmann

Affiliations Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-6), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany

Elke Reinartz

Affiliation Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Karl-Erich Jaeger

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany

Jan P. M. Langeveld

Affiliation Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR (CVI), Lelystad, The Netherlands

Robert G. Rohwer

Affiliation VA Maryland Health Care System, Molecular Neurovirology Laboratory, Medical Research Service 151, VA Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Luisa Gregori

Current address: Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliations VA Maryland Health Care System, Molecular Neurovirology Laboratory, Medical Research Service 151, VA Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Linda A. Terry

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Dieter Willbold

Affiliations Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-6), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany

Detlev Riesner

Affiliation Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OB EB DR DW. Performed the experiments: OB ER. Analyzed the data: OB EB DR DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAT JPML RGR LG KEJ. Wrote the paper: OB EB DR DW RGR JPML KEJ.