About the Authors

Koji Onomoto

Current address: Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Michihiko Jogi

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan

Ji-Seung Yoo

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Ryo Narita

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shiho Morimoto

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Azumi Takemura

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Suryaprakash Sambhara

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Atushi Kawaguchi

Affiliations Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Suguru Osari

Affiliation Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Kyosuke Nagata

Affiliation Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Tomoh Matsumiya

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan

Hideo Namiki

Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

myoneyam@faculty.chiba-u.jp (MY); tfujita@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp (TF)

Affiliations Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Takashi Fujita

myoneyam@faculty.chiba-u.jp (MY); tfujita@virus.kyoto-u.ac.jp (TF)

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have the following competing interests: This study was partly funded by Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KO MY TF. Performed the experiments: KO MJ JY RN SM AT AK SO TM. Analyzed the data: KO KN HN MY TF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS. Wrote the paper: KO MY TF.