About the Authors

Britta Muster

Affiliation Institute of Kinematic Cell Research, Department of Biology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Wladislaw Kohl

Affiliations Institute of Kinematic Cell Research, Department of Biology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Laboratory for Mitochondrial Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany

Ilka Wittig

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Bioenergetics, Medical School, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Valentina Strecker

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Bioenergetics, Medical School, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Friederike Joos

Affiliation Electron Facility, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Winfried Haase

Affiliation Electron Facility, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn

Affiliation Institute of Kinematic Cell Research, Department of Biology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Karin Busch

busch_k@biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de

Affiliations Institute of Kinematic Cell Research, Department of Biology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Laboratory for Mitochondrial Dynamics, Department of Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IW WH KBB. Performed the experiments: BM WK IW VS FJ KBB. Analyzed the data: BM IW VS KBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IW FJ WH JBH KBB. Wrote the paper: KBB. Emeritus: WH. Supervision single sections: JBH.