About the Authors

Ursula Straschil

Contributed equally to this work with: Ursula Straschil, Arthur M. Talman

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Arthur M. Talman

Contributed equally to this work with: Ursula Straschil, Arthur M. Talman

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

David J. P. Ferguson

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Karen A. Bunting

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Zhengyao Xu

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Bailes

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Robert E. Sinden

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Anthony A. Holder

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth F. Smith

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Juliet C. Coates

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Rita Tewari

rita.tewari@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAH JCC RT. Performed the experiments: US AMT DJPF KB ZX EB ES RT. Analyzed the data: US AMT DJPF KB EB RES AAH ES JCC RT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT. Wrote the paper: AAH JCC RT.