About the Authors

Verena A. Kottler

verena.kottler@tuebingen.mpg.de (VAK); christine.dreyer@tuebingen.mpg.de (CD)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany

Iris Koch

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany

Matthias Flötenmeyer

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany

Hisashi Hashimoto

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Detlef Weigel

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany

Christine Dreyer

verena.kottler@tuebingen.mpg.de (VAK); christine.dreyer@tuebingen.mpg.de (CD)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VAK CD. Performed the experiments: VAK IK MF. Analyzed the data: VAK IK MF HH. Wrote the paper: VAK. Provided helpful comments on the manuscript: IK MF HH DW CD. Oversaw the experimental design and data analysis: DW.