About the Authors

Hiroki Kawahara

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hisamichi Naito

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiro Takara

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Taku Wakabayashi

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hiroyasu Kidoya

Affiliation Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Nobuyuki Takakura

ntakaku@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), CREST, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H. Kawahara HN KT TW H. Kidoya NT. Performed the experiments: H. Kawahara H. Kidoya. Analyzed the data: H. Kawahara HN KT TW H. Kidoya. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Kawahara HN H. Kidoya NT. Wrote the paper: H. Kawahara NT.