About the Authors
- Claudia S. Priglinger
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* E-mail: claudia.alge-priglinger@med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Jara Obermann
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Affiliation Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
- Christoph M. Szober
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Juliane Merl-Pham
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Affiliation Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
- Uli Ohmayer
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Affiliation Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
- Jennifer Behler
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Affiliation Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
- Fabian Gruhn
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Affiliation Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
- Thomas C. Kreutzer
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Christian Wertheimer
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Arie Geerlof
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Affiliation Protein Expression and Purification Facility, Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
- Siegfried G. Priglinger
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Stefanie M. Hauck
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Affiliation Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
This study was supported through a research grant from Novartis Pharma Germany (www.novartis.de). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Novartis had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript; this was the sole responsibility of the authors. This study was financially supported by Novartis Pharma Germany. There are no employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CSP SMH CS JO AG JMP UO. Performed the experiments: CSP JO CS JB FG SGP UO. Analyzed the data: CSP JO TK SMH SGP CW AG UO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSP SMH AG SGP. Wrote the paper: CSP SMH JO TK SGP.