About the Authors
- Hirokazu Takahashi
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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
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Affiliation Isehara Research Laboratory, Technology & Development Division, Kanto Chemical Co., Inc., Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
- Satoshi Akanuma
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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
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Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Toshiyuki Saito
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Affiliation Transcriptome Profiling Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba, Japan
- Tomoyuki Chimuro
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Affiliation Isehara Research Laboratory, Technology & Development Division, Kanto Chemical Co., Inc., Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
- Takayoshi Kobayashi
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Affiliation Bio-Chemical Department, Reagent Division, Kanto Chemical Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan
- Toshio Ohtani
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Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kimiko Yamamoto
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Affiliation Insect Genome Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Shigeru Sugiyama
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Affiliation Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Toshiro Kobori
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* E-mail: 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.