About the Authors

André Schütte

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Cell and Matrix Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Jana Hedrich

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Cell and Matrix Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Walter Stöcker

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Cell and Matrix Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Christoph Becker-Pauly

beckerpa@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Cell and Matrix Biology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS CBP. Performed the experiments: AS JH. Analyzed the data: AS WS CBP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS WS CBP. Wrote the paper: AS CBP.