About the Authors

Seiga Ohmine

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Ryuta Sakuma

Current address: Department of Molecular Virology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Toshie Sakuma

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Tayaramma Thatava

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Hiroaki Takeuchi

Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiro Ikeda

ikeda.yasuhiro@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO RS YI. Performed the experiments: SO RS. Analyzed the data: SO RS YI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TT HT. Wrote the paper: SO YI.