About the Authors

Rania E. Mufti

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Southern Alberta Cancer Research and Hotchkiss Brain Institutes, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Krishna Sarker

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Southern Alberta Cancer Research and Hotchkiss Brain Institutes, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Yan Jin

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Songbin Fu

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Jesusa L. Rosales

Affiliations Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Southern Alberta Cancer Research and Hotchkiss Brain Institutes, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Ki-Young Lee

kylee@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Southern Alberta Cancer Research and Hotchkiss Brain Institutes, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS KL. Performed the experiments: RM KS. Analyzed the data: JLR KL YJ SF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RM JLR KL.