About the Authors
- Hua V. Lin
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Current address: Lilly China Research and Development Center, Shanghai, China
Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Dunlu Chen
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Zhu Shen
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Lei Zhu
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Xuesong Ouyang
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Affiliation Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America
- Aurawan Vongs
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Yanqing Kan
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- John M. Levorse
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Edward J. Kowalik Jr
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Daphne M. Szeto
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Xiaorui Yao
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Jianying Xiao
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Shirley Chen
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Jinqi Liu
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Marga Garcia-Calvo
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Myung K. Shin
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Shirly Pinto
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* E-mail: shirly_pinto@merck.com
Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
Competing Interests
All authors were employees of Merck & Co., Inc. when the study was performed, and HVL is a current employee of Eli Lilly and Company. 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: HL MG JL MS SP. Performed the experiments: DC ZS LZ AV YK JL EK DS XY JX XO. Analyzed the data: HL MG SC JL MS SP. Wrote the paper: HL SP.