About the Authors
- Yuguo Zang
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* E-mail: zang@hochschule-bc.de
Affiliation Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
- Bernd Kammerer
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Current address: Center of Biological Systems Analysis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Affiliation Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
- Maike Eisenkolb
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Affiliation Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
- Katrin Lohr
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Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH&Co. KG., Biberach, Germany
- Hans Kiefer
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Affiliation Biberach University of Applied Sciences, Biberach, Germany
Competing Interests
KL is employed at Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, who contributed material (antibody mAb04c) and a minor part of financial support (<15%) to this project. 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: YZ HK. Performed the experiments: YZ BK. Analyzed the data: YZ BK HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ME KL. Wrote the paper: YZ HK.