About the Authors

Satoko Nakamura

Affiliation Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Ilya Grigoriev

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Taisaku Nogi

Affiliation Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Tomoko Hamaji

Affiliation Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Lynne Cassimeris

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue

y-kiyosue@cdb.riken.jp

Affiliation Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YMK. Performed the experiments: SN TN TH YMK. Analyzed the data: SN IG TH YMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC. Wrote the paper: YMK. Discussed the interpretation of results: LC.