About the Authors

Ryota L. Matsuoka

Current address: Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lu O. Sun

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kei-ichi Katayama

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yutaka Yoshida

Affiliation Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Alex L. Kolodkin

kolodkin@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLM ALK. Performed the experiments: RLM LOS. Analyzed the data: RLM LOS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK YY. Wrote the paper: RLM ALK.