About the Authors

Taro Ueno

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Naoki Masuda

Affiliations Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Shoen Kume

Affiliations Department of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Global COE program, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Kazuhiko Kume

kkume@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TU NM SK KK. Performed the experiments: TU KK. Analyzed the data: TU NM KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TU NM KK. Wrote the paper: TU NM SK KK.