About the Authors

Katja U. Beiser

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Anne Glaser

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Kerstin Kleinschmidt

Affiliation Division of Experimental Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Isabell Scholl

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Ralph Röth

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Li Li

Affiliation Medical Research Center (ZMF), Medical Faculty Mannheim at Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Norbert Gretz

Affiliation Medical Research Center (ZMF), Medical Faculty Mannheim at Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Gunhild Mechtersheimer

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Marcel Karperien

Affiliation Department of Developmental Bioengineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Antonio Marchini

Affiliations Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Wiltrud Richter

Affiliation Division of Experimental Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Gudrun A. Rappold

gudrun.rappold@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KUB GAR. Performed the experiments: KUB AG IS RR KK AM GM. Analyzed the data: KUB KK WR LL NG GAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK. Wrote the paper: KUB GR.