About the Authors
- H. Davies-Strickleton
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Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Paul D. A. Pudney
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Affiliation Unilever Discover, Shambrook, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
- Pantelis Georgiades
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Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Biological Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Thomas A. Waigh
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Affiliation Biological Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Nigel W. Hodson
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Affiliation BioAFM Facility Centre for Tissue Injury and Repair, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Caroline E. Ridley
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Ewan W. Blanch
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Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- David J. Thornton
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* E-mail: dave.thornton@manchester.ac.uk
Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Dr Thomas A. Waigh is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. Author PDAP is employed by commercial company Unilever Discovery. The study was also partly funded by Unilever Discover. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DJT EWB PDAP HSD NWH PG. Performed the experiments: HSD CER. Analyzed the data: DJT EWB PDAP HSD NWH PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PDAP PG TAW CER NWH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DJT HSD PDAP TAW EWB.