About the Authors

Bruno Lemieux

Affiliation RNA group and Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Marco Blanchette

Affiliation Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Anne Monette

Affiliation Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research-Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Andrew J. Mouland

Affiliation Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research-Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Raymund J. Wellinger

Affiliation RNA group and Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Benoit Chabot

benoit.chabot@usherbrooke.ca

Affiliation RNA group and Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL RJW BC. Performed the experiments: BL AM MB. Analyzed the data: BL MB AM AJM RJW BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB. Wrote the paper: BL MB AM AJM RJW BC.