About the Authors

Yoshiharu Shiroiwa

Affiliation Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Hayashi

Affiliations Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Yohta Fujita

Affiliation Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Alejandro Villar-Briones

Affiliation Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Nobuyasu Ikai

Affiliation Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Kojiro Takeda

Affiliation Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Masahiro Ebe

Affiliation Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Mitsuhiro Yanagida

yanagida@kozo.lif.kyoto-ac.jp

Affiliations Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS TH MY. Performed the experiments: YS TH YF NI ME. Analyzed the data: YS TH AV-B ME MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT. Wrote the paper: YS MY.