Article Information
- Received June 19, 2005
- Revision received September 11, 2005
- Accepted September 11, 2005
- First published October 19, 2005.
- Version of record published October 19, 2005.
Author Information
- Yoko Arai1,
- Nobuo Funatsu2,
- Keiko Numayama-Tsuruta1,
- Tadashi Nomura1,
- Shun Nakamura2, and
- Noriko Osumi1,3
- 1Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan, 2Division of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan, and 3Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, 332-0012, Japan
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Disclosures
- Received June 19, 2005.
- Revision received September 11, 2005.
- Accepted September 11, 2005.
This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (10220209, 16015205), by a research grant from the TORAY Foundation, and by the Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology from Japanese Science and Technology Corporation (N.O.). Y.A. was supported by the Sugawara Foundation and the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program “Future Medical Engineering Based On Bio-Nanotechnology.” We thank Drs. Gord Fishell, Yoshio Wakamatsu, Masanori Takahashi, and Daisuke Sakai for valuable suggestions on our work and a critical reading of this manuscript; Noriko Takashima, Nao Kamata, Michi Otonari, and Hisako Yusa for maintenance of the rSey2 colony; and all other members of Keitaikeisei Laboratory for encouragement and important discussion. We also thank Drs. Yuji Owada, Veronica van Heyningen, Masaharu Ogawa, David Anderson, and Masato Nakafuku for providing reagents.
Correspondence should be addressed to Prof. Noriko Osumi, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. E-mail: osumi{at}mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp.
Y. Arai's present address: Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
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