About the Authors

Christine S. Schmidt

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Sebastian Bultmann

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Daniela Meilinger

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Benedikt Zacher

Affiliations Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Achim Tresch

Affiliations Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany, Institute for Genetics, Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Department for Computational Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

Kerstin C. Maier

Affiliations Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Christian Peter

Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Dietmar E. Martin

Affiliations Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Heinrich Leonhardt

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Fabio Spada

Fabio.Spada@cup.uni-muenchen.de

Current address: Department of Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Affiliations Department of Biology II, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSS SB HL FS. Performed the experiments: CSS SB DM FS. Analyzed the data: CSS SB BZ AT CP FS. Wrote the paper: CSS FS. Microarray hybridizations: KCM DEM. Financial support: HL. Final approval: HL FS.