About the Authors
- Paul T. Hamilton
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Michelle S. Jansen
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Affiliation Affinergy, LLC, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Sathya Ganesan
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Affiliation Affinergy, LLC, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- R. Edward Benson
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Affiliation Platform Technology and Science, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Robin Hyde-DeRuyscher
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Affiliation Manufacturing Sciences, Biogen Idec, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Wayne F. Beyer
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Affiliation QNS Group, LLC, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Joseph C. Gile
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Affiliation Gile Surgical Support, Bangor, Maine, United States of America
- Shrikumar A. Nair
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Affiliation Affinergy, LLC, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jonathan A. Hodges
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* E-mail: jhodges@affinergy.com
Affiliation Affinergy, LLC, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Hanne Grøn
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Affiliation Haemophilia Biochemistry, Novo Nordisk, Måløv, Denmark
Competing Interests
MSJ, SG, SAN, and JH are employees of Affinergy. PTH is an employee of North Carolina State University. REB is an employee of GlaxoSmithKline. RHD is an employee of Biogen Idec. WFB is an employee of QNS Group. JCG is an employee of Gile Surgical Support. HG is an employee of Novo Nordisk. The BMP-binding peptides are contained in a family of issued and pending patents (see United States Patent number 7,572,766) assigned to Affinergy. There are no marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WB HG SG SN MJ RB RH JH PH. Performed the experiments: WB SG SN MJ RB RH JG. Analyzed the data: WB HG SG SN MJ RB RH JH PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WB RB. Wrote the paper: PH.