About the Authors
- Clara B. Ocampo
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Paola A. Caicedo
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Gloria Jaramillo
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Raul Ursic Bedoya
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Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Olga Baron
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Affiliations Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
- Idalba M. Serrato
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Affiliation Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia
- Dawn M. Cooper
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Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Carl Lowenberger
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* E-mail: clowenbe@sfu.ca
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Competing Interests
Dr. Raul Ursic Bedoya is employed by a commercial company, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Dr. Ursic Bedoya conducted the work when working in Dr. Carl Lowenberger's laboratory. There is no interest of Tekmira in this research. Dr. Ursic Bedoya's participation in the paper does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CBO CL OB DMC RUB PAC. Performed the experiments: PAC GJ IMS CL RUB. Analyzed the data: CL GJ PAC RUB CBO DMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL CBO. Wrote the paper: CL GJ IMS PAC CBO OB.