About the Authors
- Visesato Mor
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, 145 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States of America
- Amir M. Farnoud
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, 145 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States of America
- Ashutosh Singh
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, 145 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States of America
- Antonella Rella
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, 145 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States of America
- Hiromasa Tanno
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Affiliation Department of Science of Nursing Practice, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2–1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980–8575, Japan
- Keiko Ishii
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2–1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980–8575, Japan
- Kazuyoshi Kawakami
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2–1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980–8575, Japan
- Toshiya Sato
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Affiliation Kohjin Life Sciences Co., Ltd. 1–3 Yurakucho 1-Chome.Chiyoda-KU, Tokyo, 100–0006, Japan
- Maurizio Del Poeta
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* E-mail: maurizio.delpoeta@stonybrook.edu
Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, 145 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States of America, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Northport, NY, 11768, United States of America
Competing Interests
Toshiya Sato is an employee of Kohjin Life Sciences Co., Ltd. This commercial affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VM AF AR KK MDP. Performed the experiments: VM AS HT KI. Analyzed the data: VM AS AF KK TS MDP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK MDP. Wrote the paper: VM AF MDP.