About the Authors

Allen Herbst

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Pamela Banser

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Camilo Duque Velasquez

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Charles E. Mays

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Division of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Valerie L. Sim

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Division of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

David Westaway

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Division of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Judd M. Aiken

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Debbie McKenzie

Debbie.Mckenzie@UAlberta.ca

Affiliations Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH JMA DM. Performed the experiments: AH PB CDV. Analyzed the data: AH PB DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH PB CEM VLS DW JMA DM. Wrote the paper: AH PB CEM VLS DW JMA DM.