About the Authors

Paul Tewson

Affiliation Montana Molecular, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Mara Westenberg

Affiliation Montana Molecular, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Yongxin Zhao

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Robert E. Campbell

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Anne Marie Quinn

Affiliation Montana Molecular, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Thomas E. Hughes

thughesgfp@mac.com

Affiliations Montana Molecular, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

PT, MW, AMQ, and TH are employed by Montana Molecular and have a financial interest in the success of the sensors described here. The relevant patent is; U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/611,406 Entitled, “Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensors for Detecting Intracellular Signalling Through Diacylglycerol Pathways. 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: PT MW AMQ TEH. Performed the experiments: PT MW. Analyzed the data: PT MW AMQ TEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: REC YZ. Wrote the paper: PT AMQ TEH REC.