About the Authors

Marie-Cecile van de Lavoir

lavoir@crystalbioscience.com

Affiliation Crystal Bioscience Inc, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Ellen J. Collarini

Affiliation Crystal Bioscience Inc, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Philip A. Leighton

Affiliation Crystal Bioscience Inc, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Jeffrey Fesler

Affiliation Crystal Bioscience Inc, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Daniel R. Lu

Affiliation Crystal Bioscience Inc, Emeryville, California, United States of America

William D. Harriman

Affiliation Crystal Bioscience Inc, Emeryville, California, United States of America

T. S. Thiyagasundaram

Affiliation Department of the President's Affairs, Management of Nature Conservation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Robert J. Etches

Affiliation Crystal Bioscience Inc, Emeryville, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors, except T. S. Thiyagasundaram, were employees of Crystal Bioscience Inc. at the time of the study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCL RE TST. Performed the experiments: MCL EC PL JF DL WH. Analyzed the data: MCL. Wrote the paper: MCL RE.