About the Authors
- Takashi Narihiro
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* E-mail: t.narihiro@aist.go.jp
Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Hideyuki Tamaki
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Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Aya Akiba
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Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kazuto Takasaki
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Affiliation FASMAC Co., Ltd., Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
- Koichiro Nakano
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Affiliation FASMAC Co., Ltd., Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
- Yoichi Kamagata
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Affiliations Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Satoshi Hanada
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Affiliation Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Taizo Maji
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Affiliation Shubun University, Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Competing Interests
TN, HT, AA, YK, SH and TM have neither financial nor occupational affiliations with FASMAC Co., Ltd. at the time of the study. KT and KN were employees of FASMAC Co., Ltd. at the time of the study. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TN HT YK SH TM. Performed the experiments: TN AA. Analyzed the data: TN KT KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN TM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TN HT YK SH.