About the Authors
- Srinivasan Krishnamoorthy
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* E-mail: ksrini10@gmail.com (SK); xgao@uh.edu (XG)
Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Zhonghua Liu
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Current address: Key Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Developmental Biology, Ministry of Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Ailing Hong
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Affiliation LC Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Ruijuan Zhu
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Haosi Chen
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Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Tongbin Li
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Affiliation LC Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Xiaochuan Zhou
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Affiliation LC Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Xiaolian Gao
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* E-mail: ksrini10@gmail.com (SK); xgao@uh.edu (XG)
Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. Ailing Hong, Tongbin Li and Xiaochuan Zhou are employed by LC Sciences. The Fmoc and Boc amino acids, N-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) and 2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (HBTU) were from GL Biochem (Shanghai Ltd) marketed by LC Sciences (Houston, TX). There are no further 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: SK XG. Performed the experiments: SK ZL AH. Analyzed the data: SK RZ XG XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC TL. Wrote the paper: SK.