The development of brain pericytes requires expression of the transcription factor nkx3.1 in intermediate precursors

• Suchit Ahuja,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Cynthia Adjekukor,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Qing Li,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Katrinka M. Kocha,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Nicole Rosin,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Elodie Labit,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Sarthak Sinha,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Ankita Narang,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Quan Long,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Jeff Biernaskie,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Peng Huang,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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• Sarah J. Childs

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: schilds@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2261-580X

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