About the Authors
- Matt Shipman
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* E-mail: mshipman59714@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Kirk Lubick
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- David Fouchard
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Rajani Gurram
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Paul Grieco
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Mark Jutila
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Edward A. Dratz
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
Competing Interests
EAD and PG are founders and shareholders in Zdye LLC, which licenses patents issued to Montana State University for the Zdye detection reagents used in the present study. Zdye LLC provides research grants to Montana State University for development of Zdyes and related technology. Patents: Dratz EA and Grieco PA. Novel Zwitterionic Fluorescent Dyes for Labeling in Proteomic and Other Biological Analyses. USA patent issued: Number 7,582,260, 9/1/2009, Montana State University. Dratz EA and Grieco PA. Novel Zwitterionic Fluorescent Dyes for Labeling in Proteomic and Other Biological Analyses. Methods Claims. USA patent issued, Number 7,833,799, Montana State University, 11/16/2010. Dratz EA and Grieco PA. Novel Optical Labeling Molecules for Proteomics and Other Biological Analyses, Montana State University, PCT application US2008/059963. 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.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS KL MJ EAD. Performed the experiments: MS KL DF RG. Analyzed the data: MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KL DF RG MJ PG. Wrote the paper: MS KL MJ EAD.