About the Authors

Iwao Kukimoto

Contributed equally to this work with: Iwao Kukimoto, Tomohiko Maehama

ikuki@niid.go.jp

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiko Maehama

Contributed equally to this work with: Iwao Kukimoto, Tomohiko Maehama

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Sekizuka

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Yumiko Ogasawara

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Kazunari Kondo

Affiliation NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Rika Kusumoto-Matsuo

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Seiichiro Mori

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiyuki Ishii

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Takamasa Takeuchi

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Toshiyuki Yamaji

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Fumihiko Takeuchi

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Kentaro Hanada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Kuroda

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IK TM. Performed the experiments: IK TM TS YO RK SM YI TT TY. Analyzed the data: IK TM TS FT KH MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS KK. Wrote the manuscript: IK TM.