About the Authors

Shunichi Kosugi

skosugi@kazusa.or.jp

Affiliation Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan

Hiroshi Yanagawa

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan

Ryohei Terauchi

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan

Satoshi Tabata

Affiliation Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK. Performed the experiments: SK. Analyzed the data: SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK RT ST. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SK HY. Designed the software used in analysis: SK.