About the Authors

Yoji Tsugawa

Affiliations Laboratory of Human Tumor Viruses, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory of Viral Oncology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroki Kato

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Takashi Fujita

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kunitada Shimotohno

Affiliation The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Japan

Makoto Hijikata

mhijikat@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Human Tumor Viruses, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory of Viral Oncology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT MH. Performed the experiments: YT HK. Analyzed the data: YT MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TF KS MH. Wrote the paper: YT MH.