Article Information
- Received February 24, 2000
- Revision received May 9, 2000
- Accepted May 12, 2000
- First published August 1, 2000.
- Version of record published August 1, 2000.
Author Information
- Naomi Tomioka1,
- Noriko Osumi2,
- Yasufumi Sato1,3,
- Takayoshi Inoue4,
- Shun Nakamura4,
- Hajime Fujisawa1,5, and
- Tatsumi Hirata3,5,6
- 1Division of Biological Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Science, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan,
- 2Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan,
- 3Division of Brain Function, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan,
- 4Division of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, Kodaira 187-8501, Japan,
- 5Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology, and
- 6Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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Disclosures
- Received February 24, 2000.
- Revision received May 9, 2000.
- Accepted May 12, 2000.
This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Education and Science and Culture (Japan) and Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) and Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST). We thank Dr. Masaharu Ogawa of RIKEN, Dr. Keiko Hayashi-Takiguch of Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Dr. Nobuaki Tamamaki of Kyoto University, and Dr. Hiroshi Sasaki of Osaka University for helpful advice, Dr. Magdalena Götz of Max-Planck Institute and Dr. Fujio Murakami of Osaka University for critical reading of this manuscript, and Yoshiko Takagi for technical assistance. We also thank Dr. Masaru Okabe, Dr. Toshihiko Shiroishi, and Dr. Randall R. Reed for the generous gifts of green mice, XtJmutant mice, and anti-pax6 antibody, respectively.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Tatsumi Hirata, Division of Brain Function, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima 411-8540, Japan. E-mail: tathirat{at}lab.nig.ac.jp.
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