About the Authors
- Toru Ezure
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* E-mail: ezure@shimadzu.co.jp (TE); uozumi@biophy.che.tohoku.ac.jp (NU)
Affiliation Clinical and Biotechnology B.U., Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
- Kei Nanatani
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Yoko Sato
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Satomi Suzuki
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Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Keishi Aizawa
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Satoshi Souma
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Masaaki Ito
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Current address: Okinawa National College of Technology, Nago-shi, Japan
Affiliation Clinical and Biotechnology B.U., Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
- Takahiro Hohsaka
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Affiliation School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan
- Gunnar von Heijine
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Toshihiko Utsumi
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Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Keietsu Abe
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Affiliation Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Eiji Ando
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Affiliation Clinical and Biotechnology B.U., Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
- Nobuyuki Uozumi
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* E-mail: ezure@shimadzu.co.jp (TE); uozumi@biophy.che.tohoku.ac.jp (NU)
Affiliation Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors declare that T. Ezure and E. Ando are employees of Shimadzu Corporation, which was one of the funders of this study. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TE KN YS EA NU. Performed the experiments: TE KN S. Suzuki YS K. Aizawa S. Souma MI. Analyzed the data: TE KN S. Suzuki YS NU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TE KN YS MI GH MI TH GH TU K. Abe EA NU. Wrote the paper: TE KN NU.