About the Authors
- Jinxue Long
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Current address: Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Shanghai, China
Affiliation Biological Mimetics, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Ruth V. Bushnell
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Affiliation Biological Mimetics, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- John K. Tobin
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Affiliation Biological Mimetics, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Keyao Pan
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Michael W. Deem
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Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Peter L. Nara
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Affiliations Biological Mimetics, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Gregory J. Tobin
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* E-mail: tobin@bmi-md.com
Affiliations Biological Mimetics, Inc., Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
RVB, JKT, PLN, and GJT are employees of Biological Mimetics, Inc., a vaccine design strategy corporation. 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: JL MWD PLN GJT. Performed the experiments: JL RVB JKT KP GJT. Analyzed the data: JL RVB JKT KP MWD PLN GJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL RVB JKT KP MWD PLN GJT. Wrote the paper: JL RVB JKT KP MWD PLN GJT.