About the Authors

Kei Miyamoto

Contributed equally to this work with: Kei Miyamoto, Ken-ichi T. Suzuki

kmiyamo@waka.kindai.ac.jp (KM); suzuk107@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (KTS)

Current address: Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University, Wakayama, Japan

Affiliation Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ken-ichi T. Suzuki

Contributed equally to this work with: Kei Miyamoto, Ken-ichi T. Suzuki

kmiyamo@waka.kindai.ac.jp (KM); suzuk107@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (KTS)

Affiliation Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Miyuki Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Yuto Sakane

Affiliation Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Tetsushi Sakuma

Affiliation Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Sarah Herberg

Affiliation Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Angela Simeone

Affiliation Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

David Simpson

Affiliation Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jerome Jullien

Affiliation Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Takashi Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

J. B. Gurdon

Affiliation Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM KTS. Performed the experiments: KM MS YS TS SH DS JJ KTS. Analyzed the data: KM MS TS YS AS KTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TY. Wrote the paper: KM KTS JBG. Supervised research: JBG TY.