About the Authors
- Hideaki Oike
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* E-mail: oike@affrc.go.jp
Affiliation National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
- Kanji Nagai
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Affiliations National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan, Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
- Tatsunobu Fukushima
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Affiliation Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
- Norio Ishida
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Affiliations Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Masuko Kobori
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Affiliation National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors, including those employed by Mitsubishi Rayon Company Ltd, have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HO MK. Performed the experiments: HO. Analyzed the data: KN TF NI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KN TF NI. Wrote the paper: HO MK.