About the Authors

Antonio Facciuolo

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Patricia Gonzalez-Cano

Affiliation VIDO-InterVac, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Scott Napper

Affiliations VIDO-InterVac, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Philip J. Griebel

Affiliations VIDO-InterVac, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Lucy M. Mutharia

lmuthari@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMM PJG. Performed the experiments: AF PGC PJG. Analyzed the data: AF PGC SN PJG LMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMM PJG SN. Wrote the paper: AF PGC SN PJG LMM.