About the Authors

Naoki Takata

Affiliation Forest Bio-Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hitachi, Japan

Kiyonobu Yokota

Affiliation Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan

Shinya Ohki

Affiliation Center for Nano Materials and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan

Masashi Mori

Affiliation Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Japan

Toru Taniguchi

Affiliations Forest Bio-Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hitachi, Japan, Forest Tree Breeding Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hitachi, Japan

Manabu Kurita

mkuri@affrc.go.jp

Affiliations Forest Bio-Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hitachi, Japan, Forest Tree Breeding Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hitachi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NT SO MM TT MK. Performed the experiments: NT KY SO. Analyzed the data: NT KY SO. Wrote the paper: NT KY SO.