About the Authors

Chihiro Kakiuchi

Affiliations Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Shinsuke Ishigaki

Affiliation Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christine M. Oslowski

Affiliation Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sonya G. Fonseca

Affiliation Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tadafumi Kato

Affiliation RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Fumihiko Urano

Fumihiko.Urano@umassmed.edu

Affiliations Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK SI CMO TK FU. Performed the experiments: CK SI CMO SGF. Analyzed the data: CK SI CMO FU. Wrote the paper: CK SI CMO SGF TK FU.