About the Authors

Fabiana A. Caetano

Affiliation The J. Allyn Taylor Centre for Cell Biology, Robarts Research Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Brennan S. Dirk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Joshua H. K. Tam

Affiliation The J. Allyn Taylor Centre for Cell Biology, Robarts Research Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

P. Craig Cavanagh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Maria Goiko

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Stephen S. G. Ferguson

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Stephen H. Pasternak

Affiliations The J. Allyn Taylor Centre for Cell Biology, Robarts Research Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Jimmy D. Dikeakos

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

John R. de Bruyn

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Bryan Heit

bheit@uwo.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH JRdB JDD SHP SSGF. Performed the experiments: FAC BSD JHKT PCC MG. Analyzed the data: FAC BSD JHKT BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BH JRdB JDD SHP SSGF. Wrote the paper: BH JRdB JDD SHP SSGF FAC BSD.