About the Authors

Hiroaki Kato

Affiliations Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan, Department of Biochemistry, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Japan, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan

Shintaro Kira

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan

Makoto Kawamukai

kawamuka@life.shimane-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK SK. Performed the experiments: HK SK. Analyzed the data: HK SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK MK. Wrote the manuscript: HK MK.