About the Authors

Ryo Futahashi

ryo-futahashi@aist.go.jp

Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kohjiro Tanaka

Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Masahiko Tanahashi

Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Naruo Nikoh

Affiliation Department of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Yoshitomo Kikuchi

Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, Hokkaido Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Bok Luel Lee

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, Korea

Takema Fukatsu

Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RF YK TF. Performed the experiments: RF KT MT NN. Analyzed the data: RF. Wrote the paper: RF YK BLL TF.