About the Authors
- Kei Watanabe
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kei Watanabe, Kenta Wada
Affiliations Mammalian Genetics Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Kenta Wada
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kei Watanabe, Kenta Wada
Affiliations Mammalian Genetics Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Bioproduction, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Japan
- Tomoko Ohashi
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Current address: Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Research Institute for Frontier Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Affiliation Department of Bioproduction, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Japan
- Saki Okubo
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Affiliation Department of Bioproduction, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Japan
- Kensuke Takekuma
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Affiliation Department of Bioproduction, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Japan
- Ryoichi Hashizume
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Affiliation Department of Bioproduction, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Japan
- Jun-Ichi Hayashi
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Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Tadao Serikawa
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Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Takashi Kuramoto
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Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Yoshiaki Kikkawa
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* E-mail: kikkawa-ys@igakuken.or.jp
Affiliation Mammalian Genetics Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: K. Watanabe K. Wada J-IH TS TK YK. Performed the experiments: K. Watanabe K. Wada TO SO KT RH TK YK. Analyzed the data: K. Watanabe K. Wada TO TK YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TK. Wrote the paper: K. Watanabe K. Wada J-IH TS TK YK.