About the Authors

Makoto Matsuyama

Current address: Division of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Vertebrate Body Plan, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe, Minatojima-Minami, Chuou-ku, Kobe, Japan

Shinichi Aizawa

Affiliation Vertebrate Body Plan, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe, Minatojima-Minami, Chuou-ku, Kobe, Japan

Akihiko Shimono

nmias@nus.edu.sg

Affiliation Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Centre for Life Sciences #02-07, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS. Performed the experiments: MM AS. Analyzed the data: MM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA AS. Wrote the paper: AS.