About the Authors

Nesrin Mwafi

Affiliation Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Mannheim, Germany

Carlo A. Beretta

Affiliation Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Mannheim, Germany

Alessio Paolini

Affiliation Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Mannheim, Germany

Matthias Carl

matthias.carl@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC. Performed the experiments: NM AP. Analyzed the data: NM MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC. Wrote the paper: MC. Generation and analysis of the phylogenetic tree: CB.