About the Authors

Thomas Bollinger

Thomas.Bollinger@uk-sh.de

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, Geneva, Switzerland

Anton Leutz

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Alexei Leliavski

Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Ludmila Skrum

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Judit Kovac

Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Luigi Bonacina

Affiliation GAP – Biophotonics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Christian Benedict

Affiliation Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Tanja Lange

Affiliation Department of Neuroendocrinology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Jürgen Westermann

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Henrik Oster

Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Werner Solbach

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB A. Leutz LS A. Leliavski HO JK CB TL JW WS. Performed the experiments: TB A. Leutz A. Leliavski LS TL. Analyzed the data: TB A. Leutz A. Leliavski LB CB TL HO WS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB HO CB TL JW WS. Wrote the paper: TB HO CB WS.