About the Authors

Jay Shankar

Affiliation Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ivan R. Nabi

irnabi@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliation Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Competing Interests

Ivan Nabi is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member and this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS IRN. Performed the experiments: JS. Analyzed the data: JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IRN. Wrote the paper: JS IRN.