About the Authors

Takashi Ochiai

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Suehiro

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Katsuhiro Nishinari

Affiliation Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takeo Kubo

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hideaki Takeuchi

takeuchi@biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TO HT. Performed the experiments: TO HT. Analyzed the data: TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO YS HT. Wrote the paper: TO KN TK HT.