About the Authors

Norihiko Sasaki

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Takuya Hirano

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Tomomi Ichimiya

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Masahiro Wakao

Affiliation Department of Nanostructure and Advanced Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kohrimoto, Kagoshima, Japan

Kazumi Hirano

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Akiko Kinoshita-Toyoda

Affiliations Laboratory of Bio-analytical Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Hidenao Toyoda

Affiliations Laboratory of Bio-analytical Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Yasuo Suda

Affiliations Department of Nanostructure and Advanced Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kohrimoto, Kagoshima, Japan, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Shoko Nishihara

shoko@t.soka.ac.jp

Affiliations Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS SN. Performed the experiments: NS TH TI MW KH AKT. Analyzed the data: NS TI HT YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS. Wrote the paper: NS SN.