About the Authors

Imad J. Matouk

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Nathan DeGroot

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Shaul Mezan

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Suhail Ayesh

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Rasha Abu-lail

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Abraham Hochberg

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Eithan Galun

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: eithang@hadassah.org.il

Affiliation Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG IM AH. Performed the experiments: IM SA RA SM. Analyzed the data: EG IM ND AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG IM AH. Wrote the paper: EG IM ND AH.