About the Authors
- Laura A Bannister
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America , The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
- Roberto J Pezza
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Affiliation Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Janet R Donaldson
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Affiliation Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Dirk G de Rooij
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Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands , Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Kerry J Schimenti
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America , The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
- R. Daniel Camerini-Otero
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Affiliation Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- John C Schimenti
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jcs92@cornell.edu
Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America , The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
LB and KS performed positional cloning of Mei11. All genetic, histological, cytological, and yeast two-hybrid data were collected and analyzed by LB and JCS, with histological staging expertise provided by DdR. In vitro biochemical experiments were designed and analyzed by RJP, JRD, and RDCO.