About the Authors

Julian K. Christians

julian_christians@sfu.ca

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Manjinder S. Cheema

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Ismael A. Vergara

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Cortney A. Watt

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Linda J. Pinto

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Nansheng Chen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Margo M. Moore

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JKC LJP MMM. Performed the experiments: JKC MSC CAW. Analyzed the data: JKC IAV NC. Wrote the paper: JKC MSC.