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Acknowledgments
We thank Prof. Yoshiaki Nakagawa of Kyoto
University for instructions on the binding experi-
ments. We are indebted to Prof. Miki Akamatsu of
Kyoto University for her useful information about
the atomic charge of Me-IMI. We also thank Earth
Chemical Co., Ltd. for the donation of American
cockroaches.
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