About the Authors

Takeshi Sakurai

Affiliation Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hidefumi Mitsuno

Affiliation Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Stephan Shuichi Haupt

Affiliation Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Keiro Uchino

Affiliation Transgenic Silkworm Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Fumio Yokohari

Affiliation Department of Earth System Science, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takaaki Nishioka

Affiliation Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Japan

Isao Kobayashi

Affiliation Transgenic Silkworm Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Hideki Sezutsu

Affiliation Transgenic Silkworm Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Toshiki Tamura

Affiliation Transgenic Silkworm Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan

Ryohei Kanzaki

kanzaki@rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS FY TT RK. Performed the experiments: TS HM SSH KU HS. Analyzed the data: TS HM SSH KU HS RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN IK. Wrote the paper: TS RK.