About the Authors

Nicole C. Grieder

nicole.grieder@unibas.ch

Current address: NIH/NICHD, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Abteilung Zellbiologie, Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Emmanuel Caussinus

Affiliation Abteilung Zellbiologie, Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

David S. Parker

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Kenneth Cadigan

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Markus Affolter

Affiliation Abteilung Zellbiologie, Biozentrum der Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Stefan Luschnig

Affiliation Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NCG EC MA SL. Performed the experiments: NCG EC SL. Analyzed the data: NCG EC MA SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NCG EC DP KC MA SL. Wrote the paper: NCG MA SL.