About the Authors

Yasuaki Takeda

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Yuichiro Mishima

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Toshinobu Fujiwara

Affiliation Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Hiroshi Sakamoto

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Kunio Inoue

kunio@kobe-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT YM KI. Performed the experiments: YT YM. Analyzed the data: YT YM KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT YM TF HS KI. Wrote the paper: YT YM HS KI.