About the Authors

Kazuo Yamagata

Affiliations RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, Research Institute for Microbial Research, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Daisaku Iwamoto

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan

Yukari Terashita

Affiliations RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Chong Li

Affiliation RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Sayaka Wakayama

Affiliation RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Yoko Hayashi-Takanaka

Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Hiroshi Kimura

Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Kazuhiro Saeki

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University, Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan

Teruhiko Wakayama

teru@cdb.riken.jp

Affiliation RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: T.W., K.Y., K.S. Performed the experiments: T.W., K.Y., D.I., C.L., Y.T., S.W. Analyzed the data: T.W., K.Y., K.S. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H.K., Y.H-T. Wrote the paper: T.W., K.Y.