About the Authors

Anita Yakkundi

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Lynn McCallum

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Anthony O’Kane

Affiliation Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Hayder Dyer

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Jenny Worthington

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Hayley D. McKeen

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Lana McClements

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Christopher Elliott

Affiliation Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Helen O. McCarthy

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

David G. Hirst

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Tracy Robson

T.Robson@qub.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have received financial support from BBSRC and Almac Discovery, Northern Ireland for consumables and salaries of authors AY, L. McCallum, HD at various times. Furthermore TR and DGH are patent holders on: Robson T, Hirst GH, Valentine A, O'Rourke M. FKBP-L AND USES THEREOF. PCT/GB2007/002107 (WO/2007/141533). AU, CA, EP, JP, NZ, US. 2007. This patent was licensed to Almac Discovery from QUB in 2006. The authors declare that this does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE's policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AY TR L. McCallum AO. Performed the experiments: AY L. McCallum HD L. McClements AO JW. Analyzed the data: AY L. McCallum AO JW L. McClements HDM TR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AY HDM TR DGH CE HOM. Wrote the paper: AY TR.