About the Authors
- Soung-Hoon Lee
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Affiliation Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
- Juyong Yoon
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Affiliation Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
- Seung Ho Shin
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Affiliation Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
- Muhamad Zahoor
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Affiliation Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
- Hyoung Jun Kim
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Affiliation Skin Research Team, Skin Research Institute, Amore Pacific Corporation Research and Development Center, Kyounggi-do, South Korea
- Phil June Park
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Affiliation Skin Research Team, Skin Research Institute, Amore Pacific Corporation Research and Development Center, Kyounggi-do, South Korea
- Won-Seok Park
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Affiliation Skin Research Team, Skin Research Institute, Amore Pacific Corporation Research and Development Center, Kyounggi-do, South Korea
- Do Sik Min
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Affiliations Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
- Hyun-Yi Kim
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Affiliation Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
- Kang-Yell Choi
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* E-mail: kychoi@yonsei.ac.kr
Affiliation Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Competing Interests
HJK, PJP and WSP are employed by Amore Pacific Corporation R&D Center. Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control and Amore Pacific Co. are named in a patent application for the use of VPA in promoting hair re-growth (patent pending). 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: SHL KYC JY SHS MZ HJK PJP WSP HYK. Performed the experiments: SHL KYC JY SHS MZ HJK PJP WSP HYK. Wrote the paper: SHL DSM KYC.