About the Authors

Jelena Erceg

Affiliation Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

Timothy E. Saunders

Affiliations Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

Charles Girardot

Affiliation Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

Damien P. Devos

Current address: Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Affiliation Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

Lars Hufnagel

Affiliation Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

Eileen E. M. Furlong

furlong@embl.de

Affiliation Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JE CG EEMF. Performed the experiments: JE. Analyzed the data: JE TES CG EEMF. Wrote the paper: JE EEMF CG TES LH. Structural modeling of Tin and Mad homologs using crystal structure data: DPD.