About the Authors

Julie D. McIntosh

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Kristy Manning

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Shilpa Chokshi

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Nikolai V. Naoumov

Current address: Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

John D. Fraser

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

P. Rod Dunbar

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

John A. Taylor

ja.taylor@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAT JDM KM SC NN. Performed the experiments: JDM KM SC. Analyzed the data: JDM KM SC JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDF NN PRD. Wrote the paper: JDM JT.