About the Authors

Kae Harada-Hada

Contributed equally to this work with: Kae Harada-Hada, Kana Harada

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Kana Harada

Contributed equally to this work with: Kae Harada-Hada, Kana Harada

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Fuminori Kato

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Junzo Hisatsune

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Isei Tanida

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Michinaga Ogawa

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Asano

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Motoyuki Sugai

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Masato Hirata

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takashi Kanematsu

tkanema2@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK. Performed the experiments: KHH KH. Analyzed the data: KHH KH SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FK JH IT MO MS MH TK. Wrote the paper: KHH TK.