About the Authors

Fanrui Meng

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada

Bharat Joshi

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada

Ivan Robert Nabi

irnabi@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Co-author Ivan Nabi is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

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