About the Authors
- Shigeru Sato
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* E-mail: ssato@jichi.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
- Hiroshi Yajima
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Affiliation Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
- Yasuhide Furuta
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Affiliation Animal Resource Development Unit and Genetic Engineering Team, Division of Bio-function Dynamics Imaging, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST), Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Keiko Ikeda
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Affiliation Division of Biology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
- Kiyoshi Kawakami
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Affiliation Division of Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS KK. Performed the experiments: SS HY KI. Analyzed the data: SS. Wrote the paper: SS KK. Generated transgenic mice: YF.