About the Authors

Daisuke S. Yamamoto

Contributed equally to this work with: Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Megumi Sumitani

daisukey@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Megumi Sumitani

Contributed equally to this work with: Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Megumi Sumitani

Affiliation Transgenic Silkworm Research Unit, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Katsumi Kasashima

Affiliation Division of Functional Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Hideki Sezutsu

Affiliation Transgenic Silkworm Research Unit, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hiroyuki Matsuoka

Affiliation Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DSY MS. Data curation: DSY MS. Formal analysis: DSY MS. Funding acquisition: DSY. Investigation: DSY MS. Methodology: DSY MS. Project administration: DSY MS HM. Resources: DSY MS KK HS. Supervision: DSY MS HM. Validation: DSY MS HM. Visualization: DSY MS. Writing – original draft: DSY MS. Writing – review & editing: DSY MS KK HS HM.