About the Authors
- Jamie I. MacPherson
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Affiliation Computational and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Ben Sidders
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Affiliation Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, United Kingdom
- Stefan Wieland
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Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States ofAmerica
- Jin Zhong
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Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States ofAmerica
- Paul Targett-Adams
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Affiliation Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, United Kingdom
- Volker Lohmann
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Perdita Backes
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Oona Delpuech-Adams
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Affiliation Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, United Kingdom
- Francis Chisari
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Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States ofAmerica
- Marilyn Lewis
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Affiliation Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, United Kingdom
- Tanya Parkinson
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Affiliation Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, United Kingdom
- David L. Robertson
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* E-mail: david.robertson@manchester.ac.uk
Affiliation Computational and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
BS, PTA, ODA, ML and TP are employees of Pfizer. JIM received a contribution to his PhD funding from Pfizer. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived the microarray experiments: TP SW FC. Produced the cell lines: JZ. Performed HCVcc, hepatoma cell subcloning: SW FC. Managed and validated the microarray work, and performed exploratory analysis: ODA. Produced the set of HRFs: PTA VL PB. Conceived the microarray and meta-analysis: JIM BS ML ODA DLR. Performed the microarray and meta-analysis: JIM. All authors contributed to the manuscript preparation. Wrote the paper: JIM.