About the Authors
- Naoki Tanigawa
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Affiliation Chromatin Biochemistry Research Group, Combined Program on Microbiology and Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Toshitsugu Fujita
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Affiliation Chromatin Biochemistry Research Group, Combined Program on Microbiology and Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Hodaka Fujii
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* E-mail: hodaka@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Chromatin Biochemistry Research Group, 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 ORNi-PCR. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The patent details are as follows: Name: Method for suppressing amplification of specific nucleic acid sequences; Number: Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-176018.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NT TF HF. Performed the experiments: NT TF HF. Analyzed the data: NT TF HF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT TF HF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NT HF. Initiated, directed and supervised the study: HF.