About the Authors

Jyotirmoy Maity

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Novum, Karolinska Institute (KI), Stockholm, Sweden

Dmytro Honcharenko

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Novum, Karolinska Institute (KI), Stockholm, Sweden

Roger Strömberg

Roger.Stromberg@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Novum, Karolinska Institute (KI), Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

A patent application by Alphabeta AB for various peptoid ligands includes the building blocks presented. RS is a minor share holder of AlphaBeta Ab (<1%). The patent application (Strömberg R., Honcharenko D., Maity J., Nilsson L, Juneja, A, Johansson J, Presto J, Dolfe L, Kurudenkandy F R, Fisahn A. Novel ligands for prevention of neurotoxicity of the Alzheimer's disease related amyloid-beta peptide. Patent applications EP14151655.9 and PCT: SMK/FP7071327.) includes the amino acids presented in this manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors http://www.PLOSone.org/static/editorial.action#competing. There are no restrictions on sharing of data and/or materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM RS. Performed the experiments: JM DH. Analyzed the data: JM DH RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM DH RS. Wrote the paper: JM DH RS.