About the Authors
- Sílvia Fontenete
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Affiliations LEPABE, Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, IPATIMUP, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark, ICBAS, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Nuno Guimarães
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Affiliations LEPABE, Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, IPATIMUP, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
- Marina Leite
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Affiliation IPATIMUP, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Céu Figueiredo
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Affiliations IPATIMUP, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, FMUP, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Jesper Wengel
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Affiliation Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
- Nuno Filipe Azevedo
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* E-mail: nazevedo@fe.up.pt
Affiliation LEPABE, Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Competing Interests
Jesper Wengel is cofounder of RiboTask ApS which offer LNA/2’-OMe-RNA probes for RNA targeting. Nuno Filipe Azevedo is cofounder of Biomode SA which develops molecular methods for the rapid detection of microorganisms. 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: SF NG CF JW NFA. Performed the experiments: SF NG ML. Analyzed the data: SF NG JW ML NFA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF NG ML NFA JW CF. Wrote the manuscript: SF NG NFA.