About the Authors

Yasuyoshi Kanari

Affiliations Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Response, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Global Center of Excellence Program, Center for Ecosystem Management Adapting to Global Change, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yuki Sato

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Satoru Aoyama

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Tatsushi Muta

tmuta@biology.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Response, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Global Center of Excellence Program, Center for Ecosystem Management Adapting to Global Change, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK TM. Performed the experiments: YK YS SA. Analyzed the data: YK YS SA TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK SA TM. Wrote the paper: YK TM.