About the Authors

Deniz Top

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

Chris Barry

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

Trina Racine

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

Chelsey Louise Ellis

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

Roy Duncan

roy.duncan@dal.ca

Competing Interests

RD is the CEO and shareholder in Fusogenix Inc., which holds the intellectual property related to the FAST proteins.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DT CB TR CLE RD. Performed the experiments: DT CB TR CLE. Analyzed the data: DT CB TR CLE RD. Wrote the paper: DT RD.