About the Authors
- Hitomi Ohta
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* E-mail: htmohta@hayashibara.co.jp
Affiliation Research Center, Biomedical Institute, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan
- Shigeyuki Arai
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Affiliation Research Center, Biomedical Institute, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan
- Kenji Akita
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Affiliation Research Center, Biomedical Institute, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan
- Tsunetaka Ohta
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Affiliation Research Center, Biomedical Institute, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan
- Shigeharu Fukuda
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Affiliation Research Center, Biomedical Institute, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors are employees of, and funded by Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HO TO SF. Performed the experiments: HO SA. Analyzed the data: HO SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HO. Wrote the manuscript: HO SA KA SF.