About the Authors

Mark Donovan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mark.donovan@rd.loreal.com

Affiliation L’Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Mélanie Salamito

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation L’Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Agnès Thomas-Collignon

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Lucie Simonetti

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation L’Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Stephanie Desbouis

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation L’Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Jean-Christophe Rain

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hybrigenics Services, Evry, France

Etienne Formstecher

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hybrigenics Services, Evry, France

Dominique Bernard

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation L’Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France

Competing Interests

We have the following competing interests: L’Oréal funded the study and the yeast two hybrid work was done at Hybrigenics Services. Co-authors Mark Donovan, Mélanie Salamito, Lucie Simonetti, Stephanie Desbouis, and Dominique Bernard are employed by L’Oréal Research & Innovation. Agnès Thomas-Collignon was a former employee at L’Oréal Research, & Innovation. Co-authors Jean-Christophe Rain and Etienne Formstecher are employed by Hybrigenics Services. There is one patent US20140005207 “SASpase-Flg2 complex, modulating Agents, and uses” but no products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.