About the Authors

Stephen J. McMahon

stephen.mcmahon@qub.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Karl T. Butterworth

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Colman Trainor

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Conor K. McGarry

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Radiotherapy Physics, Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Joe M. O’Sullivan

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Clinical Oncology, Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Giuseppe Schettino

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Alan R. Hounsell

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Radiotherapy Physics, Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Kevin M. Prise

Affiliation Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Critiqued and added to manuscript draft: KTB CT CKM JMO GS ARH KMP. Conceived and designed the experiments: SMM KTB CT CKM. Performed the experiments: SMM KTB CT CKM. Analyzed the data: SMM. Wrote the paper: SMM.