About the Authors

Ana Griciuc

Affiliation Department of Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Liviu Aron

laron@neuro.mpg.de (LA); marius.ueffing@helmholtz-muenchen.de (MU)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany

Michel J. Roux

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Illkirch, France

Rüdiger Klein

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany

Angela Giangrande

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Illkirch, France

Marius Ueffing

laron@neuro.mpg.de (LA); marius.ueffing@helmholtz-muenchen.de (MU)

Affiliations Department of Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A Griciuc, L Aron, M Ueffing. Performed the experiments: A Griciuc. Analyzed the data: A Griciuc, L Aron, R Klein, A Giangrande, M Ueffing. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L Aron, R Klein, A Giangrande. Wrote the paper: A Griciuc, L Aron, M Ueffing. Performed and analyzed ERG experiments: MJ Roux.