About the Authors

Casey J. Krusemark

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Nicolas P. Tilmans

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Patrick O. Brown

Current address: Impossible Foods, Redwood City, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Pehr B. Harbury

harbury@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: (1) Pehr Harbury is a founder and scientific advisory board member of DiCE LLC, a biotech company which is commercializing DNA programmed combinatorial chemistry; (2) Pat Brown is a founder and chief scientific officer of Impossible Foods, a biotech company which has licensed a DNA programmed combinatorial chemistry patent from Stanford University. Pehr Harbury's relationship with DiCE Molecules LLC and Pat Brown's relationship with Impossible Foods does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJK POB PBH. Performed the experiments: CJK NPT. Analyzed the data: CJK POB PBH. Wrote the paper: CJK PBH.