About the Authors

Thomas Hofmann

Affiliation Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Vladimir Chubanov

Affiliation Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

Xiaodi Chen

Affiliation Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Anna S. Dietz

Affiliation Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Thomas Gudermann

Affiliation Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

Craig Montell

cmontell@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH CM. Performed the experiments: TH VC XC ASD. Analyzed the data: TH VC TG CM. Wrote the paper: TH CM.