About the Authors

Goheun Kim

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Chin-I Pai

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Keiji Sato

Affiliation Laboratory for Germline Development, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Maria D. Person

Affiliation Proteomics Facility, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology and College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Akira Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Germline Development, Division of Organogenesis, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Paul M. Macdonald

pmac@utexas.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK PMM. Performed the experiments: GK CIP MDP PMM. Analyzed the data: GK CIP MDP PMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS AN. Wrote the paper: GK MP AN PMM.