About the Authors

Jana Link

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Monika Leubner

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Johannes Schmitt

Current address: Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine II, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Eva Göb

Current address: Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Ricardo Benavente

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Kuan-Teh Jeang

† Deceased.

Affiliation Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Rener Xu

Affiliation Institute of Developmental Biology and Molecular Medicine and School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Manfred Alsheimer

alsheimer@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA. Performed the experiments: JL ML JS EG. Analyzed the data: JL ML JS EG RB MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KTJ RX. Wrote the paper: JL MA.