About the Authors

Inanc Birol

ibirol@bcgsc.ca

Affiliation Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada

Bahar Behsaz

Affiliation Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada

S. Austin Hammond

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Stn CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada

Erdi Kucuk

Affiliation Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4S6, Canada

Nik Veldhoen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Stn CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada

Caren C. Helbing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, Stn CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB CCH. Performed the experiments: NV. Analyzed the data: IB BB SAH EK CCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB CCH. Wrote the paper: IB CCH BB NV SAH EK.