About the Authors

Masataka Kikuchi

Current address: Bioresource Science Branch, Center for Bioresources, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan; Research Association for Biotechnology, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Soichi Ogishima

ogishima@sysmedbio.org

Affiliation Department of Bioclinical Informatics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan

Tadashi Miyamoto

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akinori Miyashita

Affiliation Bioresource Science Branch, Center for Bioresources, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan

Ryozo Kuwano

Affiliation Bioresource Science Branch, Center for Bioresources, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan

Jun Nakaya

Affiliation Department of Bioclinical Informatics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan

Hiroshi Tanaka

Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Bioclinical Informatics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK SO. Performed the experiments: MK. Analyzed the data: MK SO. Wrote the manuscript: SO MK TM AM RK JN HT.