About the Authors
- René Geiβler
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Contributed equally to this work with: René Geiβler, Heidi Scholze
Affiliation Section Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Heidi Scholze
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Contributed equally to this work with: René Geiβler, Heidi Scholze
Affiliation Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Simone Hahn
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Current address: Nomad Bioscience GmbH, Halle (Saale), Germany
Affiliation Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Jana Streubel
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Affiliation Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Ulla Bonas
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Affiliation Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Sven-Erik Behrens
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* E-mail: jens.boch@genetik.uni-halle.de (JB); sven.behrens@biochemtech.uni-halle.de (S-EB)
Affiliation Section Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Jens Boch
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* E-mail: jens.boch@genetik.uni-halle.de (JB); sven.behrens@biochemtech.uni-halle.de (S-EB)
Affiliation Institute of Biology, Department of Genetics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Simone Hahn has contributed to this manuscript while she was an employee of the Martin-Luther-University. She is presently an employee of Nomad Biosciences GmbH. Jens Boch and Ulla Bonas are part owner of a patent application regarding the use of TALs. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JB S-EB. Performed the experiments: RG HS SH JS. Analyzed the data: RG HS SH JS UB S-EB JB. Wrote the paper: JB S-EB. Designed the Golden TAL Technology: JB JS.