About the Authors

Nicole Weisschuh

nicole.weisschuh@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Anja K. Mayer

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Tim M. Strom

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany

Susanne Kohl

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Nicola Glöckle

Affiliation CeGaT GmbH, Tuebingen, Germany

Max Schubach

Affiliation Institute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité – Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sten Andreasson

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Antje Bernd

Affiliation University Eye Hospital, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

David G. Birch

Affiliation The Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Christian P. Hamel

Affiliation Genetic Sensory Diseases, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

John R. Heckenlively

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Samuel G. Jacobson

Affiliation Scheie Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christina Kamme

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Ulrich Kellner

Affiliation Rare Retinal Disease Center, AugenZentrum Siegburg, MVZ ADTC Siegburg GmbH, Siegburg, Germany

Erdmute Kunstmann

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Pietro Maffei

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy

Charlotte M. Reiff

Affiliation Eye Center, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Klaus Rohrschneider

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Thomas Rosenberg

Affiliation National Eye Clinic, Department of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Günther Rudolph

Affiliation University Eye Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Rita Vámos

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Balázs Varsányi

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pécs Medical School, Pécs, Hungary

Richard G. Weleber

Affiliation Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Retinal Degeneration Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Bernd Wissinger

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

NG is an employee of CeGaT GmbH. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW SK BW. Performed the experiments: NW AKM. Analyzed the data: NW AKM TMS NG MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMS NG MS SA AB DGB CPH JRH SGJ CK UK EK PM CMR KR TR GR RV BV RGW. Wrote the paper: NW.