About the Authors
- Daisuke Fukuda
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Contributed equally to this work with: Daisuke Fukuda, Anthony S. Haines
Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Anthony S. Haines
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Contributed equally to this work with: Daisuke Fukuda, Anthony S. Haines
Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Zhongshu Song
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Annabel C. Murphy
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Joanne Hothersall
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Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Elton R. Stephens
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Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Rachel Gurney
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Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Russell J. Cox
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, United Kingdom
- John Crosby
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Christine L. Willis
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Thomas J. Simpson
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Christopher M. Thomas
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* E-mail: C.M.THOMAS@bham.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
This work was funded by a grant from the UK Research Councils BBSRC and EPSRC. Daisuke Fukuda was still an employee of the company Daiichi-Sankyo while he was seconded to the University of Birmingham.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CMT TJS CLW RJC JC ASH DF JH ACM. Performed the experiments: DF ASH ACM ZS ERS JH CMT ERS RG. Analyzed the data: DF ASH ACM ZS JH TJS CW JC RJC RG CMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DF ASH TJS CMT. Wrote the paper: CMT DF ASH JH ACM ZS TJS CLW RJC JC RG. Obtained permission to use the bacterial strain: DF CMT. Obtained permission from Daiichi Sankyo to publish the content: DF.