About the Authors

Bastian Linder

Current address: Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Anja Hirmer

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Andreas Gal

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Klaus Rüther

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Sankt Gertrauden-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany

Hanno Jörn Bolz

Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics, Ingelheim, Germany

Christoph Winkler

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Bernhard Laggerbauer

Current address: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Utz Fischer

utz.fischer@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

C. Winkler is an academic editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UF B. Laggerbauer HJB AG B. Linder. Performed the experiments: B. Linder AH KR HJB B. Laggerbauer. Analyzed the data: B. Linder HJB AG B. Laggerbauer UF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG CW. Wrote the paper: B. Linder HJB B. Laggerbauer UF.