About the Authors

Shu-Ning Hsu

shuningh@uci.edu

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Affiliation Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Shinichi Yonekura

Current address: Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Unit of Neuronal Connectivity, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Chun-Yuan Ting

Affiliation Unit of Neuronal Connectivity, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hugh M. Robertson

Affiliations Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Youichi Iwai

Affiliations Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan

Tadashi Uemura

Affiliation Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Chi-Hon Lee

Affiliation Unit of Neuronal Connectivity, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Akira Chiba

Affiliations Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SNH HMR CHL AC. Performed the experiments: SNH SY HMR. Analyzed the data: SNH SY CYT HMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SNH SY CYT YI TU CHL. Wrote the paper: SNH AC.