About the Authors
- Haruka Tamura
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Affiliation Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Nobutaka Ohgami
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Affiliation Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Ichiro Yajima
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Affiliation Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Machiko Iida
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Affiliation Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Kyoko Ohgami
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Affiliation Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Noriko Fujii
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Affiliation Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori-cho, Sennan, Osaka, Japan
- Hiroyuki Itabe
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Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tastuya Kusudo
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Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Hitoshi Yamashita
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Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Masashi Kato
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* E-mail: katomasa@isc.chubu.ac.jp
Affiliation Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
Competing Interests
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was a commercial funder of this study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NO HT MK. Performed the experiments: HT NO KO. Analyzed the data: HT NO MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IY MI NF HI TK HY. Wrote the paper: HT NO MK.