About the Authors
- Aftab Ahmad
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Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Center of Advanced Studies (CAS), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Molecular Improvement, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Yasuo Niwa
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Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Molecular Improvement, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Shingo Goto
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Current address: Okitsu Citrus Research Station, NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424–0292, Japan
Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Molecular Improvement, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Kyoko Kobayashi
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Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Molecular Improvement, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Masanori Shimizu
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Current address: School of Health Promotional Science, Tokoha University, 1230 Miyakoda, Hamamatsu 431–2102, Japan
Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Molecular Improvement, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Sohei Ito
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Affiliation Laboratory of Protein Engineering, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Yumiko Usui
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Fooineering, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Tsutomu Nakayama
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Current Address: Department of Food Science and Technology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo 180–8602, Japan
Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Fooineering, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
- Hirokazu Kobayashi
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* E-mail: hirokoba@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Molecular Improvement, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52–1 Yada, Suruga, Shizuoka 422–8526, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AA YN SG HK. Performed the experiments: AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK MS SI YU TN. Wrote the paper: AA HK.