About the Authors

Anne Zeck

anne.zeck@nmi.de

Current address: NMI Natural and Medical Sciences, Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Jörg Thomas Regula

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Vincent Larraillet

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Björn Mautz

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Oliver Popp

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Ulrich Göpfert

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Frank Wiegeshoff

Current address: Abbott GmbH, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Ulrike E. E. Vollertsen

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Ingo H. Gorr

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Hans Koll

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Apollon Papadimitriou

Affiliation Biologics Research, Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

Competing Interests

At the time of writing, all authors were employees at Roche Diagnostic. Since then FW is now affiliated to Abbott GmbH. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ JR OP UG IG HK AP. Performed the experiments: VL BM FW UV. Analyzed the data: AZ VL BM UV FW. Wrote the paper: AZ OP UG.