About the Authors
- Lin Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Wu Yu
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Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Ingo Schroedter
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Affiliation Diagnostic Services of Manitoba Inc. (DSM Inc.) Health Sciences Site, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Jiming Kong
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Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Maria Vrontakis
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* E-mail: vrontak@cc.umanitoba.ca
Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Competing Interests
Maria Vrontakis has served a guest editor for PLoS ONE journal for PONE-D-11-00690R1. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MV . Performed the experiments: LZ WY IS. Analyzed the data: LZ MV JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV JK IS. Wrote the paper: LZ MV.