About the Authors

Shantelle L. LaFayette

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cathy Collins

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Aimee K. Zaas

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Wiley A. Schell

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Marisol Betancourt-Quiroz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

A. A. Leslie Gunatilaka

Affiliation SW Center for Natural Products Research & Commercialization, Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

John R. Perfect

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Leah E. Cowen

leah.cowen@utoronto.ca

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLL CC AKZ WAS JRP LEC. Performed the experiments: SLL CC AKZ WAS MBQ. Analyzed the data: SLL CC AKZ LEC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AALG. Wrote the paper: SLL LEC.