About the Authors

Magdeleine Hung

Contributed equally to this work with: Magdeleine Hung, Anita Niedziela-Majka

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Anita Niedziela-Majka

Contributed equally to this work with: Magdeleine Hung, Anita Niedziela-Majka

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Debi Jin

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Melanie Wong

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Stephanie Leavitt

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Katherine M. Brendza

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Xiaohong Liu

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Roman Sakowicz

roman.sakowicz@gilead.com

Affiliation Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors of this manuscript are current employees of Gilead Sciences Inc. They are receiving regular compensation according to the company employment policies, as previously stated. There are no additional competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

First co-authors: MH ANM. Conceived and designed the experiments: MH ANM SL XL RS. Performed the experiments: MH ANM DJ MW KMB. Analyzed the data: MH ANM DJ MW SL KMB. Wrote the paper: MH ANM RS.