About the Authors

Ko Hirano

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Ayako Okuno

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Tokunori Hobo

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Reynante Ordonio

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Yusuke Shinozaki

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Kenji Asano

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Hidemi Kitano

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Makoto Matsuoka

makoto@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH HK TH MM. Performed the experiments: AO TH YS KA. Analyzed the data: KH AO TH YS KA MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK AO TH YS KA. Wrote the paper: KH RO MM.