About the Authors

Hussam H. Shaheen

hussam.shaheen@merck.com (HS); dongxing.zha@merck.com (DZ)

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Bianka Prinz

Current address: Adimab, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Ming-Tang Chen

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Tej Pavoor

Current address: New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Song Lin

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Nga Rewa Houston-Cummings

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Renee Moore

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Terrance A. Stadheim

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Dongxing Zha

hussam.shaheen@merck.com (HS); dongxing.zha@merck.com (DZ)

Affiliation GlycoFi, Biologics Discovery, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

We declare that all authors are current or past employees of Merck & Co., Inc. and may own stocks and/or options in the company. 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: HHS BP SL TP MTC TAS DZ. Performed the experiments: HHS BP MTC TP SL NHC RM. Analyzed the data: HHS SL MTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHS RM SL. Wrote the manuscript: HHS DZ. Conceived display method: HHS.