About the Authors

Thomas R. Whitesell

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas R. Whitesell, Regan M. Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Regan M. Kennedy

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas R. Whitesell, Regan M. Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Alyson D. Carter

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Evvi-Lynn Rollins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Sonja Georgijevic

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Massimo M. Santoro

Affiliation VIB Vesalius Research Center, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

Sarah J. Childs

schilds@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMK TRW ADC ELR SG SJC. Performed the experiments: RMK TRW ADC ELR SG SJC. Analyzed the data: RMK TRW SG SJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMK TRW ADC ELR SG SJC MMS. Wrote the paper: TRW SJC.