About the Authors

Tomoko Mitsunami

Affiliation Department of Biological Science & Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

Masahiro Nishihara

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Japan

Ivan Galis

Affiliation Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan

Kabir Md Alamgir

Affiliation Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan

Yuko Hojo

Affiliation Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan

Kohei Fujita

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Japan

Nobuhiro Sasaki

Affiliation Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Japan

Keichiro Nemoto

Affiliation Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan

Tatsuya Sawasaki

Affiliation Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan

Gen-ichiro Arimura

garimura@rs.tus.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Science & Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM MN IG KF NS KN GA. Performed the experiments: TM MN KA YH KF NS KN GA. Analyzed the data: TM MN IG KA YH KF NS KN GA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN IG TS GA. Wrote the paper: MN IG GA.