About the Authors

Christian Lorenz

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Genetics Department, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Jens Hausner

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Genetics Department, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Daniela Büttner

daniela.buettner@genetik.uni-halle.de

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Genetics Department, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL JH DB. Performed the experiments: CL JH DB. Analyzed the data: CL JH DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL JH DB. Wrote the paper: DB.