About the Authors

Johannes Hirrlinger

johannes.hirrlinger@medizin.uni-leipzig.de (JH); kirchhoff@em.mpg.de (FK)

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF), N05 Neural Plasticity, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany, DFG Research Center for Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Göttingen, Germany

Anja Scheller

Affiliations Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany, Section of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Petra G. Hirrlinger

Affiliations Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany, Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Beate Kellert

Current address: Laboratory for Experimental Dermatology, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

Affiliation Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

Wannan Tang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

Michael C. Wehr

Current address: Apoptosis and Proliferation Control Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

Sandra Goebbels

Affiliation Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

Andreas Reichenbach

Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Rolf Sprengel

Affiliation Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

Moritz J. Rossner

Affiliation Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

Frank Kirchhoff

johannes.hirrlinger@medizin.uni-leipzig.de (JH); kirchhoff@em.mpg.de (FK)

Affiliations Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany, DFG Research Center for Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Started and designed the project: JH. Designed split-Cre fusion proteins: JH MJR. Designed transgene constructs: JH PGH BK. MCW cloned DNA constructs: JH PGH BK. Performed in vitro analysis: BK. Screened for transgenic founder mice: BK JH AS. Designed and produced AAVs: WT RS. Performed viral infection experiments: WT AS. Analysed recombination in experimental mice: JH AS BK PGH. Provided PLP-Cre-mice: SG. Supported the project and contributed conceptually: AR MJR. Conceived the study, supervised the experiments and wrote the manuscript: JH FK.