About the Authors
- Paul A. Mann
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¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Anna Müller
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¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany
- Kerstin A. Wolff
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Thierry Fischmann
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Hao Wang
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Patricia Reed
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
- Yan Hou
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Wenjin Li
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Affiliation PharmaCenter Bonn, Pharmaceutical Institute, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Christa E. Müller
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Affiliation PharmaCenter Bonn, Pharmaceutical Institute, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Jianying Xiao
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Nicholas Murgolo
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Xinwei Sher
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Todd Mayhood
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Payal R. Sheth
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Asra Mirza
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Marc Labroli
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Li Xiao
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Mark McCoy
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Charles J. Gill
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
- Mariana G. Pinho
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
- Tanja Schneider
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Affiliations Institute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany
- Terry Roemer
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* E-mail: terry_roemer@merck.com
Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth New Jersey, United States of America
Competing Interests
PAM, KAW, TF, HW, YH, JX, NM, XS, TM, PRS, AM, ML, LX, MM, CJG and TR are current or past employees of Merck as stated in the affiliations and potentially own stock and/or hold stock options in the company. Other authors have no competing interests. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TR PAM HW YH KAW TF AMü. Performed the experiments: PAM KAW TF AMi HW YH JX NM ML AMü PR WL CJG. Analyzed the data: TR PAM KAW TF AM HW YH NM XS LX CJG CEM TS MGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMi TS ML MM PR MGP PRS TM. Wrote the paper: TR KAW TF PAM MGP TS.