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distinct roles in heparan sulfate modifications and embryonic and larval development in Caenorhabditis elegans Katsufumi Dejima , Daisuke Murata, Souhei Mizuguchi, Kazuko H. Nomura, Tomomi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Keiko Gengyo-Ando , Sawako Yoshina, Tomomi Ichimiya, Shoko Nishihara, Shohei Mitani and Kazuya Nomura* From the Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences 33, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan, the Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi Center Bldg., 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan, the Department of Biochemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan, and the Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo 1628666, Japan, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan ¶ Present address: Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. †Present address: Department of Tumor Genetics and Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. †† Present address: Saitama University Brain Science Institute, Saitama 338-8570, Japan Running head: PAPS transporters in C. elegans development