About the Authors

Chris Proudfoot

Affiliation College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Arlene L. McPherson

Affiliation College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Andreas F. Kolb

Affiliation Nutrition and Epigenetics Group, Life Long Health Division, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

W. Marshall Stark

Marshall.Stark@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. W. Marshall Stark is a co-applicant for a patent which includes the invention and application of zinc finger recombinases, similar to those described in this manuscript. He and the other authors have no other commercial interest relevant to the work described in the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AFK CP WMS. Performed the experiments: CP ALM. Analyzed the data: CP WMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AFK WMS. Wrote the paper: CP WMS.