About the Authors

Mariya Y. Radeva

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Daniela Kugelmann

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Volker Spindler

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Jens Waschke

jens.waschke@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MYR JW. Performed the experiments: MYR DK VS. Analyzed the data: MYR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MYR JW. Carried out the statistical analysis: MYR. Contributed to confocal imaging: MYR DK VS. Performed all experiments involving siRNA-mediated gene silencing: DK. Read and approved the final version of the manuscript: MYR DK VS JW.