About the Authors

Xiao Li

XL and RZ are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ran Zhuo

XL and RZ are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Stanley Tiong

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Francesca Di Cara

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kirst King-Jones

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sarah C. Hughes

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Shelagh D. Campbell

SDC and RW are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Rachel Wevrick

rwevrick@ualberta.ca

SDC and RW are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL RZ ST FDC SDC SCH KK-J RW. Performed the experiments: XL RZ ST FDC. Analyzed the data: XL RZ ST FDC SDC SCH KK-J RW. Wrote the paper: XL RZ SDC SCH KK-J RW.