About the Authors

Andrew S. Marriott

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Olga Vasieva

Affiliation Department of Functional and Comparative Genomics, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Yongxiang Fang

Affiliation Department of Functional and Comparative Genomics, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Nikki A. Copeland

Affiliation Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Alexander G. McLennan

agmclen@liv.ac.uk (AGM); N.J.Jones@liv.ac.uk (NJJ)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Nigel J. Jones

agmclen@liv.ac.uk (AGM); N.J.Jones@liv.ac.uk (NJJ)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASM NJJ AGM. Performed the experiments: ASM. Analyzed the data: ASM AGM OV YF NAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OV. Wrote the paper: AGM NJJ.