About the Authors

Alexander Picker

alexander.picker@biotec.tu-dresden.de

Affiliation Center of Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Florencia Cavodeassi

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Anja Machate

Affiliation Center of Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Sabine Bernauer

Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Stefan Hans

Affiliation Center of Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Gembu Abe

Affiliations Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, Department of Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima, Japan

Koichi Kawakami

Affiliations Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, Department of Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima, Japan

Stephen W. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Michael Brand

Affiliation Center of Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: AP FC SB SWW MB. Performed the experiments: AP FC AM SB. Analyzed the data: AP FC SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP FC SB SH GA KK SWW MB. Wrote the paper: AP FC SWW MB.