About the Authors

Daisuke Ikeda

adikeda@kitasato-u.ac.jp

Affiliation School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Yosuke Ono

Current address: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, Singapore

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeki Hirano

Affiliation Department of Medical Technology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

Nobuhiro Kan-no

Affiliation School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Shugo Watabe

Affiliations School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DI SW. Performed the experiments: DI YO SH. Analyzed the data: DI SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH NK. Wrote the manuscript: DI SW.