About the Authors

Nives Škrlj

Affiliation Biochemistry Chair, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tanja Vranac

Affiliation Department for Production of Diagnostic Reagents and Research, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mara Popović

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Vladka Čurin Šerbec

Affiliations Biochemistry Chair, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department for Production of Diagnostic Reagents and Research, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Marko Dolinar

marko.dolinar@fkkt.uni-lj.si

Affiliation Biochemistry Chair, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Competing Interests

DiaMed Benelux was co-funding the project based on good collaboration in the past on development of a blood typing reagent which is not related to research described in this manuscript. Authors are not employed with and are not consulting for DiaMed Benelux. No patents resulted from cooperation with DiaMed Benelux. There is no product on the market that would result from previous or current collaboration. The authors believe that there were no financial, personal, or professional competing interests that would influence research presented in the manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NŠ MD. Performed the experiments: NŠ TV. Analyzed the data: NS TV MP MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP VČŠ. Wrote the paper: NS TV MD.