About the Authors
- Yui Shikiya
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Affiliation Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Shunsuke Tomita
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Affiliation Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsutomu Arakawa
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Affiliation Alliance Protein Laboratories, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Kentaro Shiraki
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* E-mail: shiraki@bk.tsukuba.ac.jp
Affiliation Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Co-author Tsutomu Arakawa is employed by Alliance Protein Laboratories. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YS ST TA KS. Performed the experiments: YS. Analyzed the data: YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS ST TA KS. Wrote the paper: YS ST TA KS.