About the Authors

Seiya Tsujiuchi

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: emi@nuagr1.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan

Elena Sivan-Loukianova

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Daniel F. Eberl

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Yasuo Kitagawa

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: emi@nuagr1.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan

Tatsuhiko Kadowaki

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: emi@nuagr1.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK DE. Performed the experiments: TK ST ES. Analyzed the data: TK ST ES DE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK. Wrote the paper: TK DE.