About the Authors

Hao Xu

hao.xu@usm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Mahmood Mohtashami

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bryan Stewart

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Gabrielle Boulianne

Affiliation Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

William S. Trimble

Affiliation Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HX GB WST. Performed the experiments: HX MM BS. Analyzed the data: HX GB WST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB WST. Wrote the paper: HX WST.