About the Authors

Lindsay G. Ball

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Michelle D. Hanna

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Amanda D. Lambrecht

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Bryan A. Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Barry Ziola

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Jennifer A. Cobb

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Wei Xiao

wei.xiao@usask.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LGB WX. Performed the experiments: LGB MDH AL BM BZ WX. Analyzed the data: LGB BZ JAC WX. Wrote the paper: LGB WX.