About the Authors

Shunichi Kosugi

skosugi@kazusa.or.jp (SK); terauchi@ibrc.or.jp (RT)

Affiliations Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan

Satoshi Natsume

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan

Kentaro Yoshida

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan

Daniel MacLean

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Liliana Cano

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Sophien Kamoun

Affiliation The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Ryohei Terauchi

skosugi@kazusa.or.jp (SK); terauchi@ibrc.or.jp (RT)

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Kosugi S. Kamoun RT. Performed the experiments: S. Kosugi. Analyzed the data: S. Kosugi SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Kosugi KY DM LC. Wrote the paper: S. Kosugi RT.