About the Authors

Tsuneyuki Tatsuke

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Li Zhu

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Zhiqing Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Hitoshi Mitsunobu

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kaito Yoshimura

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroaki Mon

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Jae Man Lee

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Takahiro Kusakabe

kusakabe@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT TK. Performed the experiments: TT LZ ZL KY. Analyzed the data: TT TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT LZ ZL KY HM HM JML. Wrote the paper: TT TK.