About the Authors

Elias Epp

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Ghyslaine Vanier

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Doreen Harcus

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Anna Y. Lee

Affiliation McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Gregor Jansen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Michael Hallett

Affiliation McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Don C. Sheppard

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

David Y. Thomas

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Carol A. Munro

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Alaka Mullick

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Malcolm Whiteway

malcolm.whiteway@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EE MW. Performed the experiments: EE GV CAM. Analyzed the data: EE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH AYL GJ MH DCS DYT CAM AM. Wrote the paper: EE.