Null mutation of the endothelin receptor type B gene causes embryonic death in the GK rat

• Jinxi Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Ruihua Dang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

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• Yoshiki Miyasaka,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4020-9290

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• Kousuke Hattori,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Daisuke Torigoe,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Division of Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

  Affiliation Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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• Tadashi Okamura,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Section of Animal Models, Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hassan T. Tag-EI-Din-Hassan,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

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• Masami Morimatsu,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0740-0157

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• Tomoji Mashimo,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Takashi Agui

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: agui@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp

  Affiliation Laboratory of Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-0502

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