About the Authors

Hirohito Kotani

Contributed equally to this work with: Hirohito Kotani, Kiyohito Taimatsu

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Center for Medical Education and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato 1110, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Kiyohito Taimatsu

Contributed equally to this work with: Hirohito Kotani, Kiyohito Taimatsu

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Center for Medical Education and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato 1110, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Rie Ohga

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Center for Medical Education and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato 1110, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Satoshi Ota

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Center for Medical Education and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato 1110, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Atsuo Kawahara

akawahara@yamanashi.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Center for Medical Education and Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato 1110, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK. Performed the experiments: AK HK KT RO SO. Analyzed the data: AK HK KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK HK KT RO SO. Wrote the paper: AK.