About the Authors

Clive S. Barker

Affiliation Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan

Irina V. Meshcheryakova

Affiliation Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan

Alla S. Kostyukova

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Fadel A. Samatey

f.a.samatey@oist.jp

Affiliation Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSB ASK FAS. Performed the experiments: CSB IVM ASK FAS. Analyzed the data: CSB IVM ASK FAS. Wrote the paper: CSB FAS.