About the Authors

Yoshinobu Kariya

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Affiliations Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan, Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation for the Advancement of Life Sciences, Yokohama, Japan

Hiroki Sato

Affiliation Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Naoko Katou

Affiliation Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Yukiko Kariya

Current address: Department of Diagnostic Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Affiliations Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan, Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Kaoru Miyazaki

miyazaki@yokohama-cu.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan, Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Yo. Kariya KM. Performed the experiments: Yo. Kariya HS NK Yu. Kariya. Analyzed the data: Yo. Kariya KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Yo. Kariya KM. Wrote the paper: Yo. Kariya KM.