About the Authors

Michèle G. DuVal

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

A. Phillip Oel

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

W. Ted Allison

ted.allison@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Disease, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 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: MGD APO WTA. Performed the experiments: MGD APO WTA. Analyzed the data: MGD APO WTA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WTA. Wrote the paper: MGD WTA. Edited manuscript: MGD APO WTA.