About the Authors

Zhiru Li

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Division of Parasitology, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Clotilde K. S. Carlow

carlow@neb.com

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Division of Parasitology, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. All authors are employed by New England Biolabs, the funder of this study. Clotilde Carlow is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL CKC. Performed the experiments: ZL. Analyzed the data: ZL CKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL. Wrote the paper: ZL CKC.