About the Authors

Takushi Nomura

Affiliation AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Affiliation AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Ishii

Affiliation AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Hirofumi Akari

Affiliation Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan

Taeko K. Naruse

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Akinori Kimura

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuro Matano

tmatano@nih.go.jp

Affiliations AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN TM. Performed the experiments: TN HI TKN. Analyzed the data: TN HY HA TKN AK TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA. Wrote the paper: TN HY TM.