About the Authors
- Mikio Shoji
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Keiko Sato
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Hideharu Yukitake
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Yoshio Kondo
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Yuka Narita
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Tomoko Kadowaki
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Mariko Naito
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
- Koji Nakayama
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* E-mail: knak@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Affiliations Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Global COE Program at Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS KN. Performed the experiments: MS KS HY. Analyzed the data: MS KS HY KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK YN TK MN. Wrote the paper: MS KN.