About the Authors
- Bin Liang
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Affiliation School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Kim Ferguson
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Affiliation Exelixis Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Lisa Kadyk
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Affiliation Exelixis Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jennifer L. Watts
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* E-mail: jwatts@wsu.edu
Affiliation School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
Lisa Kadyk and Kim Ferguson are employed by Exelixis. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products pertaining to sbp-1(ep79). The company has agreed to freely distribute the sbp-1(ep79) mutant strain. This affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BL JLW. Performed the experiments: BL. Analyzed the data: BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL KF LK. Wrote the paper: BL JLW.