About the Authors

Gordon F. Hagerman

‡ These authors are co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada

Nicole C. L. Noel

‡ These authors are co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada

Sylvia Y. Cao

‡ These authors are co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada

Michèle G. DuVal

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada

A. Phillip Oel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada

W. Ted Allison

ted.allison@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada, Centre for Prions & Protein Folding Disease, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: WTA. Data curation: GFH NCLN SYC WTA. Formal analysis: GFH NCLN SYC WTA. Funding acquisition: WTA. Investigation: GFH NCLN SYC MGD APO WTA. Methodology: GFH NCLN SYC MGD APO WTA. Project administration: WTA. Resources: WTA. Supervision: WTA. Validation: WTA. Visualization: GFH NCLN SYC WTA. Writing – original draft: WTA. Writing – review & editing: GFH NCLN SYC MGD APO WTA.