About the Authors

Da Pan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Paola Marcato

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Dae-Gyun Ahn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Shashi Gujar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Lu-Zhe Pan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Maya Shmulevitz

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Patrick W. K. Lee

patrick.lee@dal.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Nutlin-3a for this study was provided by Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. There are no further patents, products in development or 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: DP PWKL MS. Performed the experiments: DP PM SG DA. Analyzed the data: DP PM DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP. Wrote the paper: DP PWKL.