About the Authors

Elena B. Volokhina

Current address: Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jan Grijpstra

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Frank Beckers

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Erika Lindh

Current address: Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Viviane Robert

Current address: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Marseille, France

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jan Tommassen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Martine P. Bos

M.Bos@uu.nl

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The laboratory of Jan Tommassen has received grants for different studies and fees for consultancy from GlaxoSmithKline. The authors have declared a competing interest issue, but this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EBV JT MPB. Performed the experiments: EVB JG FB EL VR MPB. Analyzed the data: EBV JT MPB. Wrote the manuscript: EBV JT MPB.