About the Authors
- Christina E. N. Lord
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Adrian N. Dauphinee
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Rebecca L. Watts
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Arunika H. L. A. N. Gunawardena
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* E-mail: arunika.gunawardena@dal.ca
Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Carried out experiments including: original optimization, and all replicates of the Kinetics for YVADase activity (including all control and treated samples), the staining and quantification of the actin-cytoskeleton from the following treatments, all non-treated controls, caspase-inhibitor treated, as well as CsA treated samples: CENL. Jointly optimized the original application of latrunculin B and also jointly contributed to the staining and quantification of actin following treatment with this drug: RLW, CENL. Contributed to the final manuscript revisions and compiled all figures for this manuscript, completed all statistical analyses and contributed to final manuscript revisions: RLW. Conceived the study, participated in its design and coordination, and helped in manuscript revisions as well as supervised all experimental work: AHLANG. Conceived and designed the experiments: AHLANG. Performed the experiments: CENL AND RLW. Analyzed the data: AND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHLANG. Wrote the paper: CENL.