About the Authors

Ryan Ard

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan Ard, Kirk Mulatz

Current address: Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 6.34 Swann Building, Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, United Kingdom

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada, Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Kirk Mulatz

Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan Ard, Kirk Mulatz

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada, Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Julia L. Pomoransky

Affiliations Centre for Innovative Cancer Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 503 Smyth Road, 3rd floor ORCC, Ottawa, ON, K1H 1C4, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Robin J. Parks

Affiliations Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada

Laura Trinkle-Mulcahy

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

John C. Bell

Affiliations Centre for Innovative Cancer Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 503 Smyth Road, 3rd floor ORCC, Ottawa, ON, K1H 1C4, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Stephen H. Gee

stevegee@uottawa.ca

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada, Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG JB LT. Performed the experiments: RA KM JP. Analyzed the data: SG RA KM JP LT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP JB. Wrote the paper: RA KM SG.