About the Authors

Christine Nießner

c.niessner@bio.uni-frankfurt.de

Current address: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Theresienstr. 41/IV, D-80333, Munich, Germany

Affiliation Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Julia Christina Gross

Affiliations Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Haematology and Oncology and Developmental Biochemistry, University Medicine Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig Weg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany

Susanne Denzau

Affiliation Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Leo Peichl

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Max-von-Laue-Str. 4, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Gerta Fleissner

Affiliation Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Wolfgang Wiltschko

Affiliation Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Roswitha Wiltschko

Affiliation Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, D-60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CN SD JCG. Performed the experiments: CN JCG SD. Analyzed the data: CN JCG LP GF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP RW. Wrote the paper: CN WW RW. Performed the immunohistological staining: CN SD. Performed the western blots: JCG. Analysed the data: CN SD JCG GF LP. Idea of the study: CN RW WW.