About the Authors

Xizhi Guo

Affiliations Developmental Genetics Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Bio-X Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Haoran Building, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Kinglun Kingston Mak

Affiliation Developmental Genetics Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Makoto M. Taketo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida-Konoé-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Yingzi Yang

yingzi@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Developmental Genetics Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY. Performed the experiments: XG KKM YY. Analyzed the data: XG KKM YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMT YY. Wrote the paper: YY.