About the Authors

Sayaka Igari

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Akashi Ohtaki

Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuaki Yamanaka

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Sato

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Masafumi Yohda

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Masafumi Odaka

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Noguchi

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiro Yamada

yamadak@cc.tuat.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SI KY. Performed the experiments: SI AO YY YS KN KY. Analyzed the data: SI MY MO KN KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI AO YY YS KY. Wrote the paper: SI KY.