About the Authors

Toshitsugu Fujita

Affiliation Combined Program on Microbiology and Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hodaka Fujii

hodaka@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Combined Program on Microbiology and Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors filed a patent application on enChIP. Patent name: "Method for isolating specific genomic regions using DNA-binding molecules recognizing endogenous DNA sequences" Number: PCT/JP2013/74107. 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: TF HF. Performed the experiments: TF HF. Analyzed the data: TF HF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TF HF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TF HF. Directed and supervised the research: HF