About the Authors

Mina-Olga Aletrari

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Craig McKibbin

Current address: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, United Kingdom

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Helen Williams

Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Vidya Pawar

Current address: Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Paola Pietroni

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

J. Michael Lord

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Sabine L. Flitsch

Affiliations School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Roger Whitehead

Affiliation School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Eileithyia Swanton

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Stephen High

R.A.Spooner@warwick.ac.uk (RAS); stephen.high@manchester.ac.uk (SH)

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Robert A. Spooner

R.A.Spooner@warwick.ac.uk (RAS); stephen.high@manchester.ac.uk (SH)

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAS ES SH. Performed the experiments: M-OA CM VP PP RAS. Analyzed the data: RAS SH ES JML. Wrote the paper: RAS ES SH. Designed and directed compound synthesis: RW SLF. Synthesised the drugs used: HW.