About the Authors
- Takahiro Hosokawa
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Affiliations Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan , Department of Systems Sciences, University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshitomo Kikuchi
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Affiliations Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan , Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America
- Naruo Nikoh
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Affiliation Division of Natural Sciences, University of the Air, Chiba, Japan
- Masakazu Shimada
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Affiliation Department of Systems Sciences, University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
- Takema Fukatsu
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: t-fukatsu@aist.go.jp
Affiliation Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
TH, YK, and TF conceived and designed the experiments. TH, YK, and NN performed the experiments and analyzed the data. MS and TF contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. TH and TF wrote the paper.