About the Authors

Jolene Read

Contributed equally to this work with: Jolene Read, Eileen K. Clancy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Eileen K. Clancy

Contributed equally to this work with: Jolene Read, Eileen K. Clancy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Muzaddid Sarker

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Roberto de Antueno

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

David N. Langelaan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hiren B. Parmar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Kyungsoo Shin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jan K. Rainey

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Roy Duncan

roy.duncan@dal.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR EKC MS RdA DNL HBP KS JKR RD. Performed the experiments: JR EKC MS RdA DNL HBP KS. Analyzed the data: JR EKC MS RdA DNL HBP KS JKR RD. Wrote the paper: JR EKC MS RdA JKR RD.