About the Authors

Thimma R. Reddy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 9HN, United Kingdom

Emma J. Kelsall

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 9HN, United Kingdom

Léna M. S. Fevat

Affiliation Center for Fisheries, Environment and Aquaculture Sciences, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, United Kingdom

Sarah E. Munson

Affiliation ES Cell Facility, Center for Core Biotechnology Services, Leicester, LE1 9HN, United Kingdom

Shaun M. Cowley

smc57@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 9HN, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: TRR is the inventor of a British patent application on multiplex recombineering technology (UK Patent Application No. 1411344.3). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TRR. Performed the experiments: TRR. Analyzed the data: TRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJK LMSF SEM SMC. Wrote the paper: TRR SMC.