About the Authors

Christian Proepper

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Konrad Steinestel

Affiliations Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany, Department of Pathology, BWK Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Michael J. Schmeisser

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Jutta Heinrich

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Julie Steinestel

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Juergen Bockmann

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Stefan Liebau

tobias.boeckers@uni-ulm.de (TMB); stefan.liebau@uni-ulm.de (SL)

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Tobias M. Boeckers

tobias.boeckers@uni-ulm.de (TMB); stefan.liebau@uni-ulm.de (SL)

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL JB TMB CP. Performed the experiments: KS JS MS JH. Analyzed the data: CP TMB JB SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS. Wrote the paper: CP SL TMB.