About the Authors
- Michiko Kudo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michiko Kudo, Kumiko Kobayashi-Nakamura
Affiliation Fundamental Research Laboratory, Fundamental Research Department, DHC Corporation, Chiba, Japan
- Kumiko Kobayashi-Nakamura
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michiko Kudo, Kumiko Kobayashi-Nakamura
Affiliation Fundamental Research Laboratory, Fundamental Research Department, DHC Corporation, Chiba, Japan
- Kentaro Tsuji-Naito
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* E-mail: knaito@dhc.co.jp
Affiliation Fundamental Research Laboratory, Fundamental Research Department, DHC Corporation, Chiba, Japan
Competing Interests
This work was supported by a research grant from the DHC Corporation. Authors Michiko Kudo, Kumiko Kobayashi-Nakamura, and Kentaro Tsuji-Naito are employees of DHC Corporation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: KTN. Data curation: MK KKN KTN. Formal analysis: MK KKN KTN. Funding acquisition: MK KKN KTN. Investigation: MK KKN KTN. Methodology: KTN. Project administration: KTN. Resources: MK KKN KTN. Supervision: KTN. Validation: MK KKN KTN. Visualization: MK KKN KTN. Writing – original draft: KTN. Writing – review & editing: MK KKN KTN.