About the Authors

Dominic P. Golec

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Nancy A. Dower

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

James C. Stone

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Troy A. Baldwin

tbaldwin@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr. Baldwin currently serves as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPG NAD JCS TAB. Performed the experiments: DPG. Analyzed the data: DPG NAD JCS TAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAD JCS TAB. Wrote the paper: DPG TAB.