About the Authors

Rebecca Sanders

rebecca.sanders@lgcgroup.com

Affiliations Molecular and Cell Biology, LGC, Teddington, United Kingdom, Cardiff School of BioSciences, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Deborah J. Mason

Affiliation Cardiff School of BioSciences, The Sir Martin Evans Building, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Carole A. Foy

Affiliation Molecular and Cell Biology, LGC, Teddington, United Kingdom

Jim F. Huggett

Affiliation Molecular and Cell Biology, LGC, Teddington, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The affiliation of authors Rebecca Sanders, Carole Foy and Jim Huggett with the commercial company LGC does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS DJM CAF JFH. Performed the experiments: RS. Analyzed the data: RS JFH. Wrote the paper: RS JFH.