The initial study was funded by the European Union contract no. QLK1-CT-2001-01066. We thank Dr J. Londesborough, VTT Biotechnology, Finland, for strain A15. Fig. S1. Alignment of the predicted proteins of maltose permease genes using clustalw. Fig. S2. Alignment of promoter sequences of maltose permease genes using clustalw. Please note: Wiley-Blackwell is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting materials supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing material) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article. ”
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for administrative help, Alison Richards for conducting the systematic literature search and Jacoby Patterson for work on critical appraisal, evidence profiles and construction Ruxolitinib in vitro of GRADE tables. The Writing Group also thanks Professor Francois Raffi and Professor Jose Arribas for their peer RGFP966 review of the guidelines and Dr Annemiek de Ruiter and Dr Fiona Lyons for their peer review of the section

on women. Dr Ian Williams has received grant support from Gilead Sciences and Janssen-Cilag and his department has received grant support from Boehringer Ingelheim, Gilead Sciences and Janssen-Cilag. Dr Duncan Churchill has no conflicts of interest to declare. Professor Jane Anderson has received lecture fees from Abbott, Gilead and ViiV and consultancy fees from Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead. Her department has received a research grant from Gilead. Professor Jose

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