About the Authors

Alexander Dennig

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Dennig, Amol V. Shivange

Affiliation Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Amol V. Shivange

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Dennig, Amol V. Shivange

Affiliation Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Jan Marienhagen

Affiliation Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Ulrich Schwaneberg

u.schwaneberg@biotec.rwth-aachen.de

Affiliation Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. This study was funded by BASF Societas Europea (BASF SE). A patent (“Methods and Materials for Nucleic Acid Manipulation” and EP11 165 367.1) has been filed and given the go ahead for publication. 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: AD AVS JM US. Performed the experiments: AD. Analyzed the data: AD AVS JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD AVS. Wrote the paper: AD JM US.