About the Authors

Inge W. Nilsen

Affiliation Nofima Marin, Tromsø, Norway

Kersti Øverbø

Affiliation Nofima Marin, Tromsø, Norway

Linda Jensen Havdalen

Affiliation Marine Biochemicals, Tromsø, Norway

Morten Elde

Affiliation Marine Biochemicals, Tromsø, Norway

Dag Rune Gjellesvik

Affiliation Marine Biochemicals, Tromsø, Norway

Olav Lanes

ol@marinebiochem.com

Affiliation Marine Biochemicals, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

IWN and KØ are employees at Nofima Marin, holder of the patent for shrimp nuclease and its application in PCR (US patent 6,541,204). LJH, ME, OL and DRG are employees at Marine Biochemicals, the company that markets and sells the recombinant version of the shrimp nuclease. The employment of the authors within commercial companies does not alter their adherence to the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IWN LJH DRG OL. Performed the experiments: IWN KØ LJH OL. Analyzed the data: IWN KØ LJH ME DRG OL. Wrote the paper: IWN KØ ME DRG OL.