About the Authors

Lei Liu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Michael B. Boffa

mboffa@uwindsor.ca

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Marlys L. Koschinsky

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL MBB MLK. Performed the experiments: LL. Analyzed the data: LL MBB MLK. Wrote the paper: LL MBB MLK.