About the Authors

Masaki Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoko Chiyo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Okada

Affiliation Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

Hirohiko Hohjoh

hohjohh@ncnp.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

Drs. Hohjoh and Takahashi have a pending patent regarding siRNAs designed in this study. Title of Invention: AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING EXPRESSION OF DOMINANT MUTANT GENE No. of Invention: WO2012043633 A1. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH MT. Performed the experiments: MT TC HH. Analyzed the data: MT HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH TO. Wrote the manuscript: MT HH.