About the Authors

Nicole Dietrich

Affiliation Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Stefan Lienenklaus

Affiliation Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Siegfried Weiss

Affiliation Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Nelson O. Gekara

nelson.gekara@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Mouse Genetics and Inflammation, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Affiliation Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NOG. Performed the experiments: ND NOG. Analyzed the data: ND SL NOG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW. Wrote the paper: ND NOG.