Article Information
- Received September 6, 2006
- Revision received February 21, 2007
- Accepted February 21, 2007
- First published March 28, 2007.
- Version of record published March 28, 2007.
Author Information
- Sachihiro C. Suzuki1,*,
- Hidemasa Furue2,*,
- Kohei Koga2,
- Nan Jiang2,
- Mitsuo Nohmi3,
- Yuka Shimazaki3,
- Yuko Katoh-Fukui4,
- Minesuke Yokoyama5,
- Megumu Yoshimura2, and
- Masatoshi Takeichi1
- 1RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan,
- 2Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan,
- 3Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences, Saga University, Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan,
- 4Division for Sex Differentiation, National Institute for Basic Biology Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan, and
- 5Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8585, Japan
- Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Dr. Masatoshi Takeichi, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan, takeichi{at}cdb.riken.jp; or Dr. Hidemasa Furue, Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, furueh{at}physiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Author contributions
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↵*S.S. and H.F. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
- Received September 6, 2006.
- Revision received February 21, 2007.
- Accepted February 21, 2007.
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This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research (M.T.) and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (M.Y., H.F.) of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, and by a grant from the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (M.Y.). We are grateful to S. Yonemura and M. F. Uwo for preparing the ultrathin sections; R. Axel and P. Mombaerts for providing the plasmid ETLpA-; Y. Nakahara, R. Suzuki, and Y. Motegi for producing chimera mice; J. Miyazaki for providing CAG Cre transgenic mice; H. Ishigami, C. Yoshii, H. Mizuguchi and the Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering in RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology for the housing of the mice; T. Tabata for technical assistance in analyzing Ca2+ imaging; K. Honda for his advice in behavioral analysis; and T. Manabe for his advice in the early stage of this work.
- Correspondence should be addressed to either of the following: Dr. Masatoshi Takeichi, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan, takeichi{at}cdb.riken.jp; or Dr. Hidemasa Furue, Department of Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, furueh{at}physiol.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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