About the Authors
- Takanori Nihira
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Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Yuka Saito
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Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Ken’ichi Ohtsubo
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Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Hiroyuki Nakai
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* E-mail: mkitaoka@affrc.go.jp (MK); nakai@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp (HN)
Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Motomitsu Kitaoka
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* E-mail: mkitaoka@affrc.go.jp (MK); nakai@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp (HN)
Affiliation National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HN MK. Performed the experiments: TN YS MK. Analyzed the data: TN YS HN MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KO HN MK. Wrote the paper: TN HN MK.