A cell-based Papain-like Protease (PLpro) activity assay for rapid detection of active SARS-CoV-2 infections and antivirals

• Anahi G. Jimenez-Campos ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anahi G. Jimenez-Campos, Lucas I. Maestas

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Lucas I. Maestas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anahi G. Jimenez-Campos, Lucas I. Maestas

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Nileena Velappan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States of America

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• Brian Beck,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation MicroBiologics, St. Cloud, MN, United States of America

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• Chunyan Ye,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Health Science Center, Center for Global Health and Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Keith Wernsing,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Mesa Photonics, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America

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• Yaniksa Mata-Solis,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Mesa Photonics, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America

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• William J. Bruno,

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

  Affiliation SciTransTech, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America

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• Silas C. Bussmann,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-4260

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• Steven Bradfute,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Health Science Center, Center for Global Health and Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Justin T. Baca,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-5200

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• Frauke H. Rininsland

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: frininsland@mesaphotonics.com

  Affiliation Mesa Photonics, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America

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