About the Authors

Conor J. Breen

Affiliation Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Darren S. Martin

Affiliation Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Hui Ma

Affiliation National Centre for Sensor Research, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Kate McQuaid

Affiliation Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Richard O’Kennedy

Affiliation National Centre for Sensor Research, Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

John B. C. Findlay

john.findlay@nuim.ie

Affiliation Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBCF ROK. Performed the experiments: CJB DSM HM KMQ. Analyzed the data: CJB DSM HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ROK. Wrote the paper: CJB DSM HM ROK JBCF.