About the Authors
- Beatriz del Rio
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Jos F. M. L. Seegers
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Affiliation Lactrys Biopharmaceuticals BV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Maria Gomes-Solecki
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* E-mail: mgomesso@uthsc.edu
Affiliations Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Biopeptides Corp., Valhalla, New York, and Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The corresponding author (MGS) has a relevant patent and is a major stockholder in Biopeptides, Corp.; JFMLS has a relevant patent and is a major stockholder in Lactrys Biopharmaceuticals BV; Patent title: Live Bacterial Vaccine. Patent number US12/304,634 filling date 03/31/2009. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in PLoS guide for authors. BD does not have any potential financial conflict of interest related to this manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BdR MGS. Performed the experiments: BdR JFMLS. Analyzed the data: BdR MGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BdR JFMLS MGS. Wrote the paper: BdR MGS.