About the Authors

Caroline O. Bush

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Inc., Biology Department, Foster City, California, United States of America

Andrew E. Greenstein

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Inc., Biology Department, Foster City, California, United States of America

William E. Delaney IV

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Inc., Biology Department, Foster City, California, United States of America

Rudolf K. F. Beran

rudolf.beran@gilead.com

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Inc., Biology Department, Foster City, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors are employed by Gilead Sciences, the funder of this study. All authors own stock in Gilead Sciences. None of the drugs or inhibitors used in this study are currently, or were formerly, in development at Gilead Sciences. None of the drugs or inhibitors in this study are marketed products for the treatment of hepatitis C virus by Gilead Sciences. 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: RKFB COB AEG WED. Performed the experiments: RKFB COB AEG. Analyzed the data: RKFB COB AEG WED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RKFB COB. Wrote the paper: RKFB COB WED.