About the Authors

Hélène Plé

Affiliation Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec Research Center/Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, and Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Patricia Landry

Affiliation Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec Research Center/Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, and Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Ashley Benham

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Cristian Coarfa

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Preethi H. Gunaratne

Affiliations Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Patrick Provost

patrick.provost@crchul.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec Research Center/Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, and Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HP PL AB CC PHG PP. Performed the experiments: HP PL AB CC. Analyzed the data: HP PL AB CC PHG PP. Wrote the paper: HP PL PHG PP.