About the Authors

Benedikta S. Haflidadóttir

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Kristín Bergsteinsdóttir

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Christian Praetorius

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Eiríkur Steingrímsson

eirikurs@hi.is

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSH ES. Performed the experiments: BSH KB CP. Analyzed the data: BSH. Wrote the paper: BSH ES.