About the Authors

Gloria Lopez-Castejon

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David Corbett

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Marie Goldrick

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Ian S. Roberts

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David Brough

david.brough@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISR DB DC GLC. Performed the experiments: DB DC GLC. Analyzed the data: DB DC GLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISR DB. Wrote the paper: GLC DB ISR DC. Performed the growth experiments: MG.