About the Authors
- Misugi Uraji
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Affiliation Research Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Kaga-gun, Okayama, Japan
- Jiro Arima
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- Yoshikazu Inoue
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Affiliation Satake Corporation, Higashi-Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
- Koichi Harazono
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Affiliation Enzyme Division, Bio Chemicals Department, Nagase ChemteX Corporation, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan
- Tadashi Hatanaka
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* E-mail: hatanaka@bio-ribs.com
Affiliation Research Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Kaga-gun, Okayama, Japan
Competing Interests
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Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MU TH. Performed the experiments: MU JA. Analyzed the data: MU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YI KH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MU TH.