About the Authors

Genc Basha

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Gregory Lizée

Current address: Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Anna T. Reinicke

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Robyn P. Seipp

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kyla D. Omilusik

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wilfred A. Jefferies

wilf@brc.ubc.ca

Affiliations Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biomedical Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB GL ATR RS KDO WAJ. Performed the experiments: GB GL ATR RS. Analyzed the data: GB GL ATR RS KDO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB GL KDO WAJ. Wrote the paper: GB GL ATR RS KDO WAJ.