About the Authors
- Helena Tossavainen
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Affiliation Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Sampo Kukkurainen
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Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland
- Juha A. E. Määttä
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Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, BioMediTech, Tampere, Finland, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland
- Niklas Kähkönen
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Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, BioMediTech, Tampere, Finland
- Tero Pihlajamaa
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Affiliation Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Vesa P. Hytönen
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Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, BioMediTech, Tampere, Finland, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland
- Markku S. Kulomaa
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Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, BioMediTech, Tampere, Finland
- Perttu Permi
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* E-mail: Perttu.Permi@helsinki.fi
Affiliation Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Competing Interests
SK, JAEM, NK, VPH and MSK are employed by BioMediTech and/or Fimlab Laboratories, and that Orion Diagnostica has a patent on Chimeric Avidin (patent numbers EP1676858, US7268216), this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HT SK JAEM NK TP VPH MSK PP. Performed the experiments: HT SK NK TP VPH PP. Analyzed the data: HT SK NK VPH PP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HT SK NK TP VPH PP.