About the Authors

Norimasa Iwanami

iwanami@genome.tokushima-u.ac.jp (NI); takahama@genome.tokushima-u.ac.jp (YT)

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Tomokazu Higuchi

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Yumi Sasano

Affiliation Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Toshinobu Fujiwara

Affiliations Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan

Vu Q. Hoa

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Minoru Okada

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Sadiqur R. Talukder

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Sanae Kunimatsu

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Jie Li

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Fumi Saito

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Chitralekha Bhattacharya

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Angabin Matin

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Takashi Sasaki

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, GSP Center, The Leading Institute of Keio University, Tsukuba, Japan

Nobuyoshi Shimizu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, GSP Center, The Leading Institute of Keio University, Tsukuba, Japan

Hiroshi Mitani

Affiliation Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

Heinz Himmelbauer

Current address: Centre for Genomic Regulation, UPF, Barcelona, Spain

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany

Akihiro Momoi

Affiliation Developmental Mutants Group, Kondoh Differentiation Signaling Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto, Japan

Hisato Kondoh

Affiliation Developmental Mutants Group, Kondoh Differentiation Signaling Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto, Japan

Makoto Furutani-Seiki

Current address: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Affiliation Developmental Mutants Group, Kondoh Differentiation Signaling Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kyoto, Japan

Yousuke Takahama

iwanami@genome.tokushima-u.ac.jp (NI); takahama@genome.tokushima-u.ac.jp (YT)

Affiliation Division of Experimental Immunology, Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: N Iwanami, C Bhattacharya, A Matin, N Shimizu, H Mitani, H Kondoh, M Furutani-Seiki, Y Takahama. Performed the experiments: N Iwanami, T Higuchi, Y Sasano, T Fujiwara, VQ Hoa, M Okada, SR Talukder, S Kunimatsu, J Li, F Saito, C Bhattacharya, A Matin, T Sasaki, H Mitani, H Himmelbauer, A Momoi. Analyzed the data: N Iwanami, C Bhattacharya, A Matin, Y Takahama. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: N Iwanami, T Sasaki, N Shimizu, H Mitani, H Kondoh, M Furutani-Seiki, Y Takahama. Wrote the paper: N Iwanami, Y Takahama.