About the Authors

Timo H-W. Lüdtke

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Biology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Henner F. Farin

Current address: Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Biology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Carsten Rudat

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Biology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Karin Schuster-Gossler

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Biology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Marianne Petry

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Biology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Phil Barnett

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, Heart Failure Research Center, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Vincent M. Christoffels

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, Heart Failure Research Center, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Andreas Kispert

kispert.andreas@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Biology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: TH-WL CR MP. Conceived and designed the experiments: TH-WL HFF VMC AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HFF KS-G PB VMC. Analyzed the data: TH-WL CR AK. Wrote the paper: TH-WL VMC AK.