About the Authors
- James M. Wagner
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Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- J. David Pajerowski
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Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Christopher L. Daniels
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Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Patrick M. McHugh
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Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jessica A. Flynn
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Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- John W. Balliet
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Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Danilo R. Casimiro
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Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Shyamsundar Subramanian
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* E-mail: shyamsundar.subramanian@merck.com
Affiliation Vaccine Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
All authors were employees of Merck & Co, Inc., at the time of the study, and the company funded this study. The subject matter of this manuscript was previously covered in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/779,845, filed March 13, 2013, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/792,613, filed March, 15, 2013, both entitled “Adapted Lepidopteran Insect cells for the Production of Recombinant Proteins”. There are no further patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare at this time. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JMW JDP CLD PMM JWB SS. Performed the experiments: JMW JDP CLD PMM JWB SS. Analyzed the data: JMW JDP CLD PMM JAF JWB DRC SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMW JDP CLD PMM JAF JWB DRC SS. Wrote the paper: JMW JDP CLD PMM JAF JWB DRC SS.