About the Authors

Hirokazu Takahashi

Current address: Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hiroyuki Yamazaki

Affiliation Isehara Research Laboratory, Technology & Development Division, Kanto Chemical Co., Inc., Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Satoshi Akanuma

Current address: Department of Applied Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Hiroko Kanahara

Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Toshiyuki Saito

Affiliation Transcriptome Profiling Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Tomoyuki Chimuro

Affiliation Isehara Research Laboratory, Technology & Development Division, Kanto Chemical Co., Inc., Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Takayoshi Kobayashi

Affiliation Bio-Chemical Department, Reagent Division, Kanto Chemical Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Ohtani

Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kimiko Yamamoto

Affiliation Insect Genome Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Shigeru Sugiyama

Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Toshiro Kobori

tkobo@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Tomoyuki Chimuro and Takayoshi Kobayashi are employed by Kanto Chemical Co., Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT TC T. Kobayashi TO KY SS T. Kobori. Performed the experiments: HT HY SA HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TC T. Kobayashi KY SS T. Kobori. Wrote the paper: HT T. Kobori.