About the Authors

Laura V. Minard

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ling-ju Lin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michael C. Schultz

michael.schultz@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCS. Performed the experiments: LVM LL. Analyzed the data: LVM LL MCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LVM LL. Wrote the paper: LVM MCS.