About the Authors

Yoichi Asaoka

y-asaoka.dbio@mri.tmd.ac.jp (YA); nishina.dbio@mri.tmd.ac.jp (HN)

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Shoji Hata

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Misako Namae

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Furutani-Seiki

Affiliation Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom

Hiroshi Nishina

y-asaoka.dbio@mri.tmd.ac.jp (YA); nishina.dbio@mri.tmd.ac.jp (HN)

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YA SH MFS HN. Performed the experiments: YA SH MN. Analyzed the data: YA SH MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YA SH MN MFS HN. Wrote the paper: YA MFS HN.